The Duchess of Malfi

"We are merely the stars' tennis balls, struck and bandied Which way please them."

"A Spanish fig for the imputation"

"Do you not weep? Other sins only speak; murder shrieks out. The element of water moistens the earth, But blood flies upwards and bedews the heavens."

"Cover her face. Mine eyes dazzle. She died young."

"She and I were twins; And should I die this instant, I had liv'd Her time to a minute."

"It seems she was born first: You have bloodily approv'd the ancient truth, That kindred commonly do worse agree Than remote strangers."

"Whether we fall by ambition, blood or lust, Like diamonds we are cut with our own dust."

"The Duchess: Diamonds are of most value They say, that have pass'd through most jewellers hands Ferdinand: Whores, by that rule, are precious."