Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth. But we seem to have no other. – Ivy Compton-Burnett
I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a poet or a philosopher. – Jonathan Swift
It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mirrors should think longer before they reflect. – Jean Cocteau
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. – Samuel Butler, Erewhon
The soul of Antony was fastidious, and he disdained a slovenly appearance. – Florence Bone (1875–1971), The Morning of To‑Day, 1907
Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it. – Maurice Chevalier
There is no actual law that says that a person of inner beauty cannot also maintain an appearance. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration. – Niccolo Machiavelli
A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love. – Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human
The care that we bestow on our person is a species of politeness towards others… – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, 1875
Sometimes I wonder — if I were drop-dead handsome, and every woman I met actually dropped dead, would I ever get tired of it? – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold. – Lord Chesterfield
The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it. – Daniel Webster
Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance. – English Proverb
A dimple on the chin, the devil within. – Scottish Proverb
A little man often cast a long shadow. – Italian Proverb
