He had got a hurt

O' the inside, of a deadlier sort.

Samuel Butler (1600-1680): Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 309.

Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort

As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit

That could be moved to smile at anything.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Julius Caesar. Act i. Sc. 2.