It's so much nicer to be a secret and delightful sin to anybody than to be a feather in his cap. Agatha Christie
At no time did anyone throw his cap in the air and rejoice that another painter, capable of equalling Hals at his best, had been discovered. Germaine Greer
A footman's hat should fly off to every body; and therefore Mercury, who was Jupiter's footman, had wings fastened to his cap. Jonathan Swift
To every fool his cap. Dutch Proverb