Frequent bathing, careful attention to the teeth, nails, ears, and hair, are indispensable to a finished toilette.
Use but very little perfume, much of it is in bad taste.
Let your hair, beard, and moustache, be always perfectly smooth, well arranged, and scrupulously clean.
It is better to clean the teeth with a piece of sponge, or very soft brush, than with a stiff brush, and there is no dentifrice so good as White Castile Soap.
Wear always gloves and boots, which fit well and are fresh and whole. Soiled or torn gloves and boots ruin a costume otherwise faultless.
Extreme propriety should be observed in dress. Be careful to dress according to your means. Too great saving is meanness, too great expense is extravagance.
A young man may follow the fashion farther than a middle-aged or elderly man, but let him avoid going to the extreme of the mode, if he would not be taken for an empty headed fop.
It is best to employ a good tailor, as a suit of coarse broadcloth which fits you perfectly, and is stylish in cut, will make a more elegant dress than the finest material badly made.
Avoid eccentricity; it marks, not the man of genius, but the fool.
A well brushed hat, and glossy boots must be always worn in the street.