| 1. | The veneer and glue-pot, the confectioner's ornaments, the decante. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 2. | These are only the veneer laid on by upbringing, teachers, preachers, traditions and other forces of suggestion, and it is a veneer so thin that trifles scratch it off. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |