Careful Words

insolence (n.)

When night

Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons

Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 500.

The play's the thing

Wherein I 'll catch the conscience of the king.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2.