狄更斯《远大前程》：
because it is a principle of his that no man who was not a true gentleman at heart ever was, since the world began, a true gentleman in manner. He says, no varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself.
因为我父亲向来有个信念，他认为自从开天辟地以来，谁要是没有真正的上等人的心地，那也就绝不可能有真正的上等人的仪表。他还说，木料尽管抹上漆，却掩盖不了纹理：漆抹得愈多，纹理反而愈显著。
