Marcel Proust. Towards the Swan (№ 93117)

Even women, though constituting a judgment about the man only by his appearance, see this appearance, the special emanation of life. That's why they like military, firefighters; shape allows them to be less demanding in terms of appearance; kissing them, women think that under the cuirass beats special heart, more adventurous and more tender; and the young Emperor or the crown Prince to achieve the most flattering victories in foreign countries in which he travels, needs the right profile, which is probably necessary for a stockbroker.