"Most true is it that 'beauty is in the eye of the gazer.' My master's colorless, olive face, square, massive brow, broad and jetty eyebrows, deep eyes, strong features, firm, grim mouth,--all energy, decision, will,--were not beautiful, according to rule..." (153).
Many characters in Jane Eyre use this pseudoscience to figure out what they can about the person at fist glance. It is literally judging a book from its cover, and people like Mr. Rochester tends to do that to a lot of people, since he has had a couple bad relationships. This was popular in the 19th century, especially from 1810-1840 in England.
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