Cleanliness is the toilet of old age. [ Mme. Necker ]

Certainly this is a duty, not a sin,
Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness. [ John Wesley ]

If dirt was trumps, what hands you would hold! [ Charles Lamb ]

Cleanliness may be defined to be the emblem of purity of mind. [ Addison ]

Even from the body's purity, the mind Receives a secret, sympathetic aid. [ Thomson ]

Let thy mind's sweetness have its operation upon thy body, clothes, and habitation. [ George Herbert ]

For cleanness of body was ever esteemed to proceed from a due reverence to God, to society, and to ourselves. [ Bacon ]

Among the minor virtues, cleanliness ought to be conspicuously ranked; and in the common topics of praise we generally arrange some commendation of neatness. [ J. Dennie ]

What does competency in the long run mean? It means to all reasonable beings, cleanliness of person, decency of dress, courtesy of manners, opportunities for education, the delights of leisure, and the bliss of giving. [ Whipple ]