'I have never formed a deep attachment,' continued Knight.

'I never have found a woman worth it.

Nor have I been once engaged to be married.' 'You write as if you had been engaged a hundred times, if I may be allowed to say so,' said Stephen in an injured tone.
'Yes, that may be.

But, my dear Stephen, it is only those who half know a thing that write about it.

Those who know it thoroughly don't take the trouble.