• That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which he can afford to lose.

    Richard Whately: That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which he can afford to lose.
    Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.155