“And as for Gussie Fink-Nottle, many an experienced undertaker would have been deceived by his appearance and started embalming him on sight.”
Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
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Source: The Freedom of a Christian (1520), p. 75

Source: Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 2 (2013), pp. 45–46

“Appearances often are deceiving.”
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.
“Appearances are very often both convincing and deceiving.”
Il Capello Parlante, Act III, Sc. I. — (Lancourt).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 351.

On the Uses and Transformations of Linear Algebra (1875)
Context: Some definite interpretation of a linear algebra would, at first sight, appear indispensable to its successful application. But on the contrary, it is a singular fact, and one quite consonant with the principles of sound logic, that its first and general use is mostly to be expected from its want of significance. The interpretation is a trammel to the use. Symbols are essential to comprehensive argument.

Giorgio Vasari in "Titian of Cadore", in Lives of the Artists as translated by George Bull (1987), Vol. I p. 458.