Tis very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. – Samuel Butler, Erewhon

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

There is no actual law that says that a person of inner beauty cannot also maintain an appearance. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com