Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear. ~Anatole France

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That's why he makes so many of them. ~Abraham Lincoln

All that is gold does not glitter; not all those who wander are lost. ~J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of the Ring

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavour to be what you desire to appear. ~Socrates

Nothing prevents us from being natural so much as the desire to appear so. ~François, Duc de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

There is many a good man to be found under a shabby hat.
~Chinese proverb

Garde-toi, tant que tu vivras,
De juger des gens sur la mine.
Beware, throughout your life, of judging people by their appearance.
~Jean de la Fontaine, Le Cochet, le Chat et le Souriceau

Ognuno vede quel che tu pari, pochi sentono quel tu sei.
Everyone sees you as you appear to be, few realise what you really are. ~Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

In the eyes of its mother every beetle is a gazelle.
~Moroccan proverb

Work

The work will teach you how to do it. ~Estonian proverb

When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
~Henry J. Kaiser

We work to become, not to acquire.
~Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. ~Sir James Barrie (1860-1937)

If I sleep, I sleep for myself; if I work, I know not for whom.
~Italian proverb

Food

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
~William Cowper (1731-1800)

A growing youth has a wolf in his belly. ~Traditional

A hungry man is an angry man. ~Traditional

Whatever will satisfy hunger is good food. ~Chinese proverb

Gifts

Those gifts are ever the most acceptable which the giver has made precious. ~Ovid

The manner in which it is given is worth more than the gift.
~Pierre Corneille (1606-1684)