'The guard (regardless of the proverb) [The proverb is: 'At meeting you're judged by your clothes, At parting you're judged by your wits.'] judged me by my clothes and wished to turn me out, but I began to use long words and... you too,' he went on turning to Karenin (whose Christian name and patronymic he had forgotten), 'judging me by my peasant coat were going to turn me out, but afterwards you took my part, for which I am very grateful.'
— Il conduttore, giudicandomi, contrariamente al proverbio, dall’abito, mi voleva cacciar fuori; ma allora io ho cominciato ad esprimermi in uno stile elevato, e... voi pure — disse rivolto a Karenin, avendone dimenticato il nome — in principio, a causa di quel pellicciotto, volevate cacciarmi via, ma poi avete preso le mie difese, del che vi sono molto grato!