Erasmi Roterodami Civilitas morum in succinctas quaestiones digesta, ac per Reinhardum Hadamarium locupletata

V.
What sort ought the eyes to be? Not stern, not wandering and restless, not squinting, nor immoderately opened, not blinking with the eyelids and lashes repeatedly, not staring, nor too sharp, not signaling or talkative, but calm, modest, and composed.

VI.
Why must such an accurate account of the eyes be held? Because the ancients taught that the seat of the mind is in the eyes. And according to Pliny, the eyes, like certain vessels, receive the visible part of the soul and transmit it.

VII.
What manner ought the eyebrows to be? Extended, not contracted, not raised, not pressed down into the eyes. For the seat of arrogance and pride is held to be in them.

VIII.
What sort ought the forehead to be? Cheerful and smooth, not contracted into wrinkles, not mobile, not stern. For it is the silent speech of the mind.

IX.
Is it becoming for one about to do or say something among strangers to rub the face with the hand?