Apparel. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Apparel


Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express’d in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man. Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act I. Scene 3. (Polonius to Laertes.)	1
A civil habit oft covers a good man. Beaumont and Fletcher.—Beggar’s Bush, Act II. Scene 3.	2
A loyal bosom in a garb uncouth. Pye.—Alfred, Book II. Line 558.	3
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. Shakespeare.—Taming of the Shrew, Act IV. Scene 3. (Petruchio to Catherine.)	4
Through tatter’d clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furr’d gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pigmy’s straw doth pierce it. Shakespeare.—King Lear, Act IV. Scene 6. (Lear to Gloster.)	5
Marry, come up, sir, with your gentle blood! Here’s a red stream beneath this coarse blue doublet, That warms the heart as kindly as if drawn From the far source of old Assyrian kings. Scott.—Fortunes of Nigel, Chapter XXXI.	6
Opinion’s but a fool, that makes us scan The outward habit by the inward man. Shakespeare.—Pericles, Act II. Scene 2. (Simonides to the Lords.)	7
How greatest geniuses oft lie concealed. Plautus.—Captivi, Act I. Scene 2. (Riley.)	8