It is no matter how high-priced a sheep is, just so he is a good value.

In these travels, my father sired thirteen children in all, four boys and nine girls.

Emplotting a narrative gives us an as-if experience of ways in which human action relates to happiness (eudaimonia) by illustrating the manner in which certain sorts of conduct lead to flourishing or decline.

[…] where he could afford the best seats in the theater, and where the stories thrilled him to the core, and the sentiments of the characters could be understood and approved by every true-born Englishman, where the actors tore their lungs and three-sheeted their passions for his exclusive benefit.