Hamlet, Act II, Scene II, Lines 308-313
(Hamlet to Guildenstern)
What a piece of work is a man! how
noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving
how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in
apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world, the
paragon of animals! And yet to me what is this quintessence
of dust?
William Shakespeare