The day of superselling and all that sort of thing is past. A good article does not need supersalesmanship, while a poor article can no longer be moved by any kind of salesmanship.

It is very difficult to overstain with safranin. Wash slides with several changes of water, until water is no longer pink.

…great captains, and even consular men, who first brought them over, took pride in giving them their own names (by which they run a great while in Rome)

Lateral parting of the hair is customary, while the pompadour and middle parting is a relatively unusual deviation, an oddity. This makes those who practice it conspicuous. It happening that the middle parters are mostly foppish the stigma of foppishness usually goes with the practice even when it is not merited.