"ABACOT, n. A cap of state wrought into the shape of two crowns, formerly worn by kings. Very pretty monarchs had it m…"

"Have you noticed when you wear a hat for a long time it feels like it's not there anymore? And then when you take it …"

"The hat is the ultimatum moriens of respectability."

"A man is nothing without his hat."

"A hat should be taken off when greeting a lady, and left off the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a …"

"———“Are we not here now;”—continued the corporal, “and are we not”—(dropping his hat plumb upon the ground—and pausin…"

"Oh, Hat that cows the spirit! ...If any spirit be... First cousin to the Black Cap And sign of slavery! Funereal and …"

"Sye," he seyd, "be the same hatte I can knowe yf my wyfe be badde To me by eny other man; If my floures ouver fade or…"

"So Britain's monarch once uncovered sat, While Bradshaw bullied in a broad-brimmed hat."

"One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged."