“I am Duchess of Malfi still.”

“The chiefest action for a man of great spirit is never to be out of action... the soul was never put into the body to stand still.”

“When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good gifts evermore make way for the worst persons.”

“What! because we are poor Shall we be vicious?”

“Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle. She died young.”

“What a strange creature is a laughing fool,As if a man were created to no useBut only to show his teeth.”

“Do you not weep? Other sins only speak, murder shreaks out:The element of water moistens the earth,But blood flies upwards and bedews the heavens.”