CHAPTER XV.
WHAT A GOOD APPEARANCE WILL DO Let thy attire be comely but not costly .-- LIVY.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
SHAKESPEARE.
I hold that gentleman to be the best dressed whose dress no one observes .-- ANTHONY TROLLOPE.
As a general thing an individual who is neat in his person is neat in his morals .-- H.

W.SHAW.
There are two chief factors in good appearance; cleanliness of body and comeliness of attire.

Usually these go together, neatness of attire indicating a sanitary care of the person, while outward slovenliness suggests a carelessness for appearance that probably goes deeper than the clothes covering the body.
We express ourselves first of all in our bodies.

The outer condition of the body is accepted as the symbol of the inner.

If it is unlovely, or repulsive, through sheer neglect or indifference, we conclude that the mind corresponds with it.