The man who, like Napoleon, can on the instant seize the most important thing and sacrifice the others, is sure to win.
Many a wasted life dates its ruin from a lost five minutes. "Too late" can be read between the lines on the tombstone of many a man who has failed. A few minutes often makes all the difference between victory and defeat, success and failure.
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.