Tis not the habit that makes the monk.

A good presence is letters of recommendation.

Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream.

What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right.

I have often caught sight of myself, my spine humped over, defining my hollowness, my head too heavy for my body, swinging like the oversized blossom of some cruelly bred plant; admiration for the world spread for the world to see on my gullible face-unlike my other face with the sour look of a starved peasant.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

Chinese Women looked like great sea snails- the corded wood, babies, and laundry they carried were the whorls on their backs.

We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.

A man, in order to establish himself in the world, does everything he can to appear established there.

It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.