Date: 1799

"Men, Men! false, treacherous crocodiles! Your eyes are water--your hearts are iron."

— Craven, Keppel (1779-1851); Schiller (1759-1805)

Date: 1799

"I fell at his feet, embrac'd his knees, and wept; conjur'd him, supplicated; the tears, the supplications of his father, never reach'd his iron heart"

— Craven, Keppel (1779-1851); Schiller (1759-1805)

Date: 1799

"The heart of a physician should be in full steel and armour, like the body of a tortoise"

— Ludger, Conrad (b. 1748)

Date: 1799

"Ignorance has set her stamp upon him--his mind seared to every virtuous impression--his heart flint, and his temper moved by the slightest breath"

— West, Matthew (d. 1814); Kotzebue (1761-1819)

Date: 1810

"As pliant hands in shapes refin'd / Rich iv'ry carve and smooth, / His laws thus mould each ductile mind, / And ev'ry passion soothe"

— Jones, Sir William (1746-1794)

Date: 1810

"As gems are taught by patient art / In sparkling ranks to beam, / With manners thus he forms the heart, / And spreads a gen'ral gleam"

— Jones, Sir William (1746-1794)