A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.

All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.

By outward show let's not be cheated; An ass should like an ass be treated.

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.

From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.

Good clothes open all doors.

Handsome is that handsome does.

He was one of a lean body and visage, as if his eager soul, biting for anger at the clog of his body, desired to fret a passage through it.

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