Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry belly, and half-starved their read more

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.

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

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

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

Clothes make the man.

Clothes make the man.

The body is the shell of the soul, and dress the husk of that shell; but the husk often tells read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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