If the first evidence of amendment in a man be shame and sorrow for the past, I may probably be on the right road now, since I heartily grieve over the worthless, purposeless life I have led hitherto.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
The general result is, however, that having broken loose from their moral moorings, they drift as hopeless, purposeless wrecks on the sea of life.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
That low, urgent whispering over Billy Izzard's screen ran in my head again, with the thought that I had made an inconvenient and apparently purposeless appointment for half-past ten.
"The Debit Account"
Oliver Onions