“People dressed in a certain kind of clothing are never wrong. Also they never fart.”

“O People, it is true that you have certain rights with regard to your women, but they also have right over you. If they abide by your right then to them belongs the right to be fed and clothed in kindness. Do treat your women well and be kind to them for they are your partners and committed helpers.”

Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam

“To my amazement, I have heard that there are people who have never seen a gnome. I can’t help pitying these people. I am certain there must be something wrong with their eyesight.”

Axel Munthe (1857–1949) Swedish physician

“Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade.”

Haruki Murakami book The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

“One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.”

Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019) German fashion designer

“Guilty feelings about clothes are totally unnecessary. A lot of people earn their living by making clothes, so you should never feel bad.”

Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019) German fashion designer

“Sometimes, she reflected, she dressed for courage, sometimes for success, and sometimes for the consolation of knowing that whatever else went wrong, at least she liked her clothes.”

Emma Bull book War for the Oaks

“She [Venison] had never travelled and so could invent all kinds of strange places without being limited, as travelled people are, by knowledge of certain places only.”

Laura Riding Jackson (1901–1991) poet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer

“Never underestimate a well-dressed bimbo.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

“A sweet disorder in the dress
Kindles in clothes a wantonness.”

Robert Herrick book Hesperides