Breeches Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“We know but few man, a great many coats and breeches.”

— Henry David Thoreau

I love great coats, and I pay a lot of attention to them and own a lot of them.

— Garance Dore

I have always loved sneakers and sweaters, and I wear a lot of them. And a good t-shirt or a pair of jeans can…

— Garance Dore

“He had been trussed up like a chicken in his own breeches.”

— Ted Mendelssohn

“What,” came a deep male voice, “is this?” Silence froze, her hand still outstretched, clutching a damp, dirty cloth. Oh, dear Lord. Slowly she…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

“Now, look you here, Sekundar," says I, but he came up straight like a little bantam and cut me off. "Sir Alexander. if you…

— George MacDonald Fraser

“I shouldn't think I'll have the slightest problem playing a man," she said. "I shall merely remember to rearrange my breeches in front at…

— Eloisa James

“What's wrong, de Zoet? You look like your breeches are beshatten.”

— David Mitchell

you can't fit the same religion to every man any mo' than you can the same pair of breeches. The big man takes the…

— Ellen Glasgow

All womankind, from the highest to the lowest love jokes; the difficulty is to know how they choose to have them cut; and there…

— Laurence Sterne

“Beatrix,” Amelia said over her shoulder as they proceeded through the hallway. “Perhaps you should reconsider your attire. Poor Captain Phelan may find it…

— Lisa Kleypas

It is no matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches first. You may stand…

— Samuel Johnson