On fortune's cap we are not the very button.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2.

The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor,

The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door;

The chest, contriv'd a double debt to pay,—

A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774): The Deserted Village. Line 227.

A night-cap deck'd his brows instead of bay,—

A cap by night, a stocking all the day.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774): Description of an Author's Bed-chamber.

A very riband in the cap of youth.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act iv. Sc. 7.

Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow,

Emblems right meet of decency does yield.

William Shenstone (1714-1763): The Schoolmistress. Stanza 6.

Arm'd at point exactly, cap-a-pe.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 2.