(Timon of Athens, Act I, Sc. 1.)

Timon: “What, dost thou weep? Come nearer. Then I love thee.

Because thou art a woman and disclaim’st

Flinty Mankind.

(Timon of Athens, Act IV, Sc. 3.)

Friar Lawrence: “Here comes the lady: oh, so light a foot

Will ne’er wear out the everlasting flint.

(Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Sc. 6.)

Gloucester: “I would to God my heart were flint, like Edward’s.

(Richard III, Act I, Sc. 3.)