The shabbiest-looking, awkwardly-grown apples, pears, and plums are generally the finest flavoured." "Are they, sir ?" I said.
"That they are, my boy.

If you want a delicious pear don't pick out the great shapely ones, but those that are screwed all on one side and covered with rusty spots.

The same with the plums and apples.

They are almost always to be depended upon." I had finished my mouthful of apple, and thrust the fruit in my jacket pocket.
"It is often the same with people in this life, my boy.

Many of the plain-looking, shabby folks are very beautiful everywhere but outside.
There's a moral lesson for you.