The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions. – Cicero

There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read A, B, C may read our natures. – Sir Thomas Browne

Her hair was white as snow, and the tears of ninety years seemed to have made deep furrows in her cheeks. – Charles Lanman, “Musings,” 1840

I have never been aware before how many faces there are. There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several. – Rainer Maria Rilke, Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge