a few

pari, joitakin, muutamia A small number of. More than two.
(RQ:Mrxl SqrsDghtr)

"I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal.(nb..)"

Regrets, I've had a few, but then again too few to mention.