--ABBA GOOLD WOOLSON.
No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.--SIR
WALTER RALEIGH.
Those who think that in order to dress well it is necessary to dress
extravagantly or grandly make a great mistake. Nothing so well becomes
true feminine beauty as simplicity.--GEORGE D. PRENTICE.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, but not expressed in fancy;
rich, not gaudy; for the apparel oft proclaims the man.--SHAKESPEARE.
No real happiness is found
In trailing purple o'er the ground.
--PARNELL.
If a woman were about to proceed to her execution, she would demand a
little time to perfect her toilet.--CHAMFORT.
Men of quality never appear more amiable than when their dress is
plain. Their birth, rank, title and its appendages are at best
invidious; and as they do not need the assistance of dress, so, by
their disclaiming the advantage of it, they make their superiority sit
more easy.--SHENSTONE.
It is well known that a loose and easy dress contributes much to give
to both sexes those fine proportions of body that are observable in
the Grecian statues, and which serve as models to our present
artists.--ROUSSEAU.
As soon as a woman begins to dress "loud," her manners and
conversation partake of the same element.--HALIBURTON.
Dress has a moral effect on the conduct of mankind. Let any gentleman
find himself with dirty boots, old surtout, soiled neckcloth and a
general negligence of dress, he will in all probability find a
corresponding disposition by negligence of _address_.
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