He winketh— It is a remark of St. Ambrose, that the mein and gesture of the body are an image of the mind; and he was so delicate upon this subject, that he would not ordain the son of one of his particular friends, because the young man's air and manner were by no means conformable to clerical gravity. The motion of the body is as it were the voice of the soul. Ovid says,
Verba superciliis, fine voce silentia dicant; Verba leges digitis, verba notata mero.
See his Amor. 1: and Calmet.