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

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 SwiftOPV

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality.  All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.  ~Niccolo MachiavelliMCTO

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

Pretty is the queen that rules our land.  ~Carrie Latet

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, www.robertbrault.com

Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.  ~Jean CocteauOPV