Careful Words

surface (n.)

surface (v.)

surface (adj.)

Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

John Dryden (1631-1701): All for Love. Prologue.

  Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 a d): Meditations. vi. 3.