In “Timon of Athens,” Act 3, Scene 6, the Fourth Lord says:
“One day he gives us diamonds, next dry stones.”
In “The Merchant of Venice,” Act 3, Scene 1, Shylock exclaims,
“A diamond gone, cost me two thousand ducats in Frankfort.”
In “Macbeth,” Act 2, Scene 1, Banquo presents the King’s diamond with the words:
“This diamond he greets your wife withal.”
In “King Lear,” Act 4, Scene 3, the gentleman tells Kent:
“You have seen
Sunshine and rain at once: her smiles and tears
Were like a better way: those happy smilets,