Nightcap Quotes

• A night-cap deck'd his brows instead of bay,- A cap by night, a stocking all the day.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Night, Caps, Brows

  Oliver Goldsmith (1825). “Letters from a Citizen of the World to His Friends in the East”, p.94

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• Probably no one will ever know whether it is better to wear a nightcap or not.

  Samuel Johnson

  Sleep, Knows

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• It often seems that the poet's derisive comment is not unjustified when he says of the philosopher: “With his nightcaps and the tatters of his dressing-gown he patches the gaps in the structure of the universe.

  Sigmund Freud

  Gowns, Gaps, Philosopher

  Sigmund Freud, Angela Richards (1964). “The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud”

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• Salvation is a helmet, not a nightcap.

  Vance Havner

  Salvation, Helmet

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• An emperor in his nightcap will not meet with half the respect of an emperor with a crown.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Crowns, Half, Appearance

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• With his nightcaps and the tatters of his dressing-gown he patches up the gaps in the structure of the universe.

  Heinrich Heine

  Gowns, Gaps, Structure

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• How can you go on stage and shout 'Yeah! Rock'n'roll forever!' and then go to bed at 10 o'clock with a nightcap on, a candle in your hand and a Bible under your arm?

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Rocks, Hands, Forever

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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• I'm addicted to Jack's Wife Freda, a South African - Jewish-inspired restaurant founded by my brother Dean and his amazing wife, Maya. The vibe is cool and relaxed, perfect for a daytime bite or a nightcap. I always get the Peri-Peri chicken and the kale Greek salad, but all the food is delicious. You simply cannot go wrong!

  Kara Janx

  Brother, Kale, Perfect

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• Processions, cavalcades, and all that fund of gay frippery, furnished out by tailors, barbers, and tire-women, mechanically influence the mind into veneration; an emperor in his nightcap would not meet with half the respect of an emperor with a crown.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Gay, Mind, Half

  Oliver Goldsmith (1820). “Miscellaneous Works: To which is Prefixed Some Account of His Life and Writings”, p.405

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