Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.

Stuyvesant chats with Kelly and Katz, The professor warms to the broker, And life is good in the brotherhood Of an air-conditioned smoker

Life is sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying then without money?

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance.

Were it not for frustration and humiliation
I suppose the human race would get ideas above its station.