The declared meaning of a spoken sentence is only its overcoat, and the real meaning lies underneath its scarves and buttons.

-Carey, Peter
  Oscar and Lucinda, ch.43,'Leviathan'.

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable.The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.

-Lowell,James Russell
  'On Democracy', Lowell's inaugural address when he became president of the Birmingham and Midland Institute, 6 Oct.