| AW V.i.35.1 | [Helena to Gentleman] I will come after you with what good speed / Our means will make us means [first instance] |
| AYL II.vii.73 | [Jaques to Duke Senior] Till that the weary very means do ebb [unclear reading: until the resources [which underlie pride] become exhausted and run out] |
| KL IV.i.20 | [Gloucester to Old Man] Our means secure us |
| MM II.ii.24 | [Angelo to Provost, of Juliet] Let her have needful, but not lavish, means [i.e. while in prison] |
| Tim II.ii.172 | [Flavius to Timon] What heart, head, sword, force, means, but is Lord Timon's? |
| Tim V.iv.20 | [Second Senator to Alcibiades, of their wooing of Timon] By humble message and by promised means [or: effort] |