Philip Massinger on Tailors

“Yes, if they would thank their maker, And seek no further; but they have new creators, God tailor and god mercer.”

“As if thou e'er wert angry But with thy tailor! and yet that poor shred Can bring more to the making up of a man, Than can be hoped from thee; thou art his creature; And did he not, each morning, new create thee, Thou'dst stink and be forgotten.”