Cleanliness or purity of soul and body raises man to the highest estate.

Without this he is nothing but a brute.
There is a very close connection between a fine, strong, clean physique and a fine, strong, clean character.

A man who allows himself to become careless in regard to the one will, in spite of himself, fall away in the other.
But self-interest clamors as loudly as esthetic or moral considerations for the fulfilment of the laws of cleanliness.

Every day we see people receiving "demerits" for failure to live up to them.

I can recall instances of capable stenographers who forfeited their positions because they did not keep their finger nails clean.