I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes
The case wouldn't be overweight if you didn't have so many shoes. How many do you really need? This pair, for example, I swear you never even wore them.
We fetch fire and water, run about all day among the shops and markets, and get our clothes and shoes made and mended, and are thevictims of these details, and once in a fortnight we arrive perhaps at a rational moment.
I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes. They have in themselves what they value in their horses, mettle and bottom. mettle: spirited bottom: capacity to endure strain
When you have worn out your shoes, the strength of the show fiber has passed into your body.
When you have worn out yourshoes, the strength of the shoe leather has passed into the fiber ofyour body. I measure your health by the number of shoes and hats andclothes you have worn out.
The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes.
The shoemaker makes a good shoe because he makes nothing else.