He looks like a homeless man in a thousand dollar suit.

-Anonymous
  On Senator Edward M Kennedy's campaign for re-election at age 62. In the Washington Post,1 Oct.

Since no normal humble man can help but feel magnificent in a brand-new suit of clothes, it is not surprising that those who don a fresh suit of bright white linen every day should feel magnificent always. Nor is it surprising that a normal humble head should swell beneath a solar topee, since a topee is more a badge of authority than a hat, as is the hat of a soldier.

-Herbert, Xavier
  Capricornia,'Psychological Effect of a Solar Topee'.

A silk suit, which cost memuchmoney, and Ipray God to make me able to pay for it.

-Pepys, Samuel
  Diary entry,1 Jul.

Once they heard someone call for 'Snooks'.'I always thought that name was invented by novelists,'said Miss Winchelsea.'Fancy! Snooks. I wonder which is Mr. Snooks?' Finally they picked out a stout and resolute little man in a large check suit.'If he isn't Snooks, he ought to be,'said Miss Winchelsea.

-Wells, H(erbert) G(eorge)
  Tales of Life and Adventure,'MissWinchelsea's Heart'.