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No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.

Clothes don't make the man, but clothes have got many a man a good job.

Beauty when most unclothed is clothed best.

The body is the shell of the soul, and dress the husk of that shell; but the husk often tells what the kernel is.

The cat in gloves catches no mice.

If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.

Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.

Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry belly, and half-starved their families. "Silks and satins, scarlets and velvets, put out the kitchen fire," as Poor Richard says.

There is new strength, repose of mind, and inspiration in fresh apparel.

I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a wearer of new clothes.

Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed.

Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.

I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain.

If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat.

Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men, any more than fine feathers make fine birds. A plain, genteel dress is more admired, obtains more credit in the eyes of the judicious and sensible.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

Clothes make the man.

The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice.