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If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day read more
If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained read more
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.
Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.
Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. - Lacon, 1825.
Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. - Lacon, 1825.
 O wad some power the giftie gie us
 To see oursel's as ithers see us!
  It wad read more 
 O wad some power the giftie gie us
 To see oursel's as ithers see us!
  It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
   And foolish notion;
    What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
     And ev'n devotion! 
When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, read more
When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.
Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try read more
Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?
You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little pot belly and a read more
You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little pot belly and a bald spot.