Knowledge is the sine quâ non; but it is forgotten that moral is, to say the least, as useful as historical or scientific knowledge.

It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies, could they be made to understand how little the heart of man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire; how little it is biased by the texture of their muslin, and how unsusceptible of peculiar tenderness towards the spotted, the sprigged, the mull, or the jackonet.

That shirt is dirty. Go and put on a new one. I feel like a new person after a good night's sleep. After the accident, I saw the world with new eyes.

I felt sad that he had left, but I had to snap out of it and get on with my life.