There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart. - Charles Dickens

Perhaps second-hand cares, like second-hand clothes, come easily off and on.

Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them.

[S]he stood for some moments gazing at the sisters, with affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other.