Helena: “Which gratitude

Through flinty Tartar’s bosom would peep forth,

And answer ‘Thanks.’

(All’s Well that Ends Well, Act IV, Sc. 4.)

Duke: “Pluck commiseration of his state

From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint.

(Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Sc. 1.)

Viola: “My master, not myself, lacks recompense,

Love make his heart of flint that you shall love;

And let your fervour like my master’s, be