Date: 1799

"They are brave fellows;--they have arms of iron, and hearts of wax."

— Plumptre, Anne (1760-1818); Kotzebue (1761-1819)

Date: 1799

"The debt that lies on your heart, pay in the heart's coin, when you please. At present I am in no want of money"

— Hoare, Prince (1755-1834); Kotzebue (1761-1819)

Date: 1799

"Their eyes are water! their hearts are brass! Kisses upon their lips! daggers in their hearts!"

— Render, William (fl. 1790-1801); Schiller (1759-1805)

Date: 1799

"Men, Men! false, treacherous crocodiles! Your eyes are water--your hearts are iron."

— Craven, Keppel (1779-1851); Schiller (1759-1805)

Date: 1799

"I fell at his feet, embrac'd his knees, and wept; conjur'd him, supplicated; the tears, the supplications of his father, never reach'd his iron heart"

— Craven, Keppel (1779-1851); Schiller (1759-1805)

Date: 1799

"Men, men! False, treacherous crocodiles! Your eyes are water, your hearts are iron! "

— Holman, Joseph George (1764-1817); Schiller (1759-1805)

Date: 1799

"Your iron heart brings me to myself"

— Inchbald, Elizabeth (1753-1821); Kotzebue (1761-1819)

Date: 1799

"I should be a miserable bungler, indeed, if I could not, after having brought the affair thus far, tear a son from the heart of a father, even though he were rivitted to it with iron bands"

— Render, William (fl. 1790-1801); Schiller (1759-1805)

Date: 1799

"The heart of a physician should be in full steel and armour, like the body of a tortoise"

— Ludger, Conrad (b. 1748)

Date: 1799

"If I knew but of a key to his heart, my closet should be open to him directly

— Geisweiler, Maria (fl. 1799); Kotezebue (1761-1819)