Walden and "Civil Disobedience"

"Perhaps we should never procure a new suit, however ragged or dirty the old, until we have so conducted, so enterprised or sailed in some way, that we feel like new men in the old, and that to retain it would be like keeping new wine in old bottles." p.18

(E) I feel like part of what Thoreau is trying to say is that no matter what you do on the outside, you will still be the same person on the inside, so there's no point in trying to change appearances until and inner change itself has been achieved. Also, if I may base myself on his previous statements that led up to that quote, he believes that your outer appearance should reflect your inner self. I say this because he explains that as men move forward they feel the need to express that by buying more and more luxurious things. So a poor man will have a small house, humble clothes, and barely any food, while a rich man will have an enourmous house, lavish clothes, and enough food to feed him for more lifetimes than he could ever see.