Date: 1687

"Thou hast a Heart of Iron."

— Sedley, Sir Charles (1639-1701)

Date: 1690

"Here satiate all your fury; / Let fortune empty her whole Quiver on me, / I have a Soul, that like an ample Shield / Can take in all; and verge enough for more."

— Dryden, John (1631-1700)

Date: 1690

"Impossible! / Souls know no Conquerors."

— Dryden, John (1631-1700)

Date: 1690

"Our Sex, you know, was after yours design'd; / The last Perfection of the Makers mind: / Heav'n drew out all the Gold for us, and left your Dross behind."

— Dryden, John (1631-1700); [Plautus, Molière]

Date: 1690

"O there's the Rock, on which my Reason splits: / Wou'd that were all!"

— Dryden, John (1631-1700); [Plautus, Molière]

Date: 1690

"Here satiate all your fury; / Let fortune empty her whole Quiver on me, / I have a Soul, that like an ample Shield / Can take in all; and verge enough for more."

— Dryden, John (1631-1700)

Date: 1691

"The Flame which Reason rules has Interest in't"

— Mountfort, William (c.1664-1692)

Date: 1691

"Men have no Windows in their Breast"

— Wilson, John (bap. 1626, d. 1695?)

Date: 1691

"I'm the righter of Wrongs, and undoer of Injuries--Heart of Steel, and Arms of Brass."

— Wilson, John (bap. 1626, d. 1695?)

Date: 1691

"Why weren't the Royal Regiment sent for Flanders? / With English hearts of Oak, and Horns well steel'd, / To Butt the Puny Monsieur from the Field."

— Mountfort, William (c.1664-1692)