6. "Great griefs, I see, med'cine the less." Act 4, scene 2, line 243

After Imogen's supposed death and Cloten's real death, Belarius says that heavy sorrows put the lesser ones into perspective.

7. "Though mean and mighty, rotting
Together, have one dust, yet reverence
(That angel of the world) doth make distinction
Of place 'tween high, and low." Act 4, scene 2, lines 246-49

Belarius observes that though in death all men, poor and powerful, come to the same dust, yet the custom of reverence, the power that keeps peace in the world, accords more respect to the powerful.

8. "Thersites' body is as good as Ajax's,
When neither are alive." Act 4, scene 2, lines 252-53

Guiderius states his opinion that the mean and the mighty are due equal treatment when dead.

9. "Fear no more the heat o' th' sun,
Nor the furious winter's rages,
Though thy worldy task hast done,
Home art gone and ta'en thy wages
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust." Act 4, scene 2, lines 258-263

The funeral dirge for Imogen, sung by Guiderius.

10. "Hang there like fruit, my soul
Till the tree die." Act 5, scene 5, lines 263-64

Posthumus's words to his wife Imogen when they are finally reunited.