This man, lady, hath robb'd many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as a lion, churlish as the bear, slow as the elephant-a man into whom nature hath so crowded humours that his valour is crush'd into folly, his folly sauced with discretion.

The Works of Mr. William Shakespear: In Eight Volumes. Adorn'd with Cuts (ed. 1709)