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The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice.
The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice.
Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed.
Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed.
Clothes don't make the man, but clothes have got many a man a good job.
Clothes don't make the man, but clothes have got many a man a good job.
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat.
If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat.
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.
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.
The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice.
The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice.
If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon read more
If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.