Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and read more

Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters.

Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice.

Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice.

There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.

Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.

Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess.

Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess.

You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a read more

You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.

Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.

Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.

They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. read more

They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.