Take care that the face that looks out from the mirror in the morning is a pleasant face. You may not see it again during the day, but others will. – Anon.
She went over to the mirror…glancing at herself sidelong, as women do who think they have lost their beauty; repudiating a complete reflection. – Rosamond Lehman
A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity. – Jeremy Taylor