Which like a creed ne'er says all it intends.

Don Juan, Canto 13.

Her chief resource was in her own high spirit,

Which judged mankind at their due estimation;

And for coquetry, she disdain'd to wear it:

Secure of admiration, its impression

Was faint, as of an every-day possession.

Don Juan, Canto 13.

An eye's an eye, and whether black or blue,

Is no great matter, so 'tis in request.