There is man in his entirety, blaming his shoe when his foot isguilty.

-Beckett, Samuel
  Waiting for Godot, act1.

Or madly squeeze a right-hand foot Into a left-hand shoe.

-Dodgson
Through the Looking-Glass, ch.8,'It's My Own Invention'.

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoeö Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew.

-Field, Eugene
  'Wynken, Blynken, and Nod'.

A little neglect may breed mischief†for want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost.

-Franklin, Benjamin
  Poor Richard's  Almanack, preface.

Shehad the rippling muscles of a panther, thesolidityof a water buffalo, and the lazy insolence of a shoe salesman.

-Perelman, S(ydney) J(oseph)
  Crazy Like a Fox,'Kitchen Bouquet'.

Wesit†and lookout attheboysintheir happy play†we kneel still with one little cheek wistfully pressed against the pane†and we go and stand before the glass.We see the complexion we were not to spoil, and the white frock† Then the curse begins to act upon us. It finishes its work when we are grown women, who no more look out wistfullyat a more healthy life; we are contented.We fit our sphere as a Chinese woman's foot fits her shoe, exactly, as though God made bothöand yet he knows nothing of either.

-Iron
  Lyndall.The Story of an African Farm, ch.17,'Lyndall'.

Mary Poppins looked down at her feet and rubbed the toe of one shoe along the pavement two or three times. Then she smiled at the shoe in such a way that the shoe knew quite well that the smile wasn't meant for it.

-Travers, P(amela) L(yndon)
  Mary Poppins, ch.2.