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.

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.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.