Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress. – William Hazlitt, On the Clerical Character, 1819
Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden – what a sorry set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, crane-necked varlets would civilized men appear! – Herman Melville
To the question of your life, you are the only answer. To the problems of your life, you are the only solution. – Jo Coudert, Advice From A Failure (Thanks, Elizabeth!)
The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy. – Woodrow Wilson