I'm a fatheaded guy, full of pain. It tore me up not having you.
I may not have married for very sound reasons, but money was the least of them.
Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.
It takes 500 small details to add up to one favorable impression.
I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person.
It's better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones.