| 1H6 I.i.9 | [Gloucester to all, of Henry V] Virtue he had, deserving to command |
| AW I.i.60 | [Countess to Bertram] Thy blood and virtue / Contend for empire in thee [i.e. inherited and learned abilities] |
| Cor I.i.172 | [Martius to Citizens] Your virtue is / To make him worthy whose offence subdues him |
| Ham I.iv.33 | [Hamlet to Horatio] these men, / Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect ... / His virtues else, be they as pure as grace ... / Shall in the general censure take corruption / From that particular fault |
| MND II.i.220 | [Helena to Demetrius] Your virtue is my privilege |
| MND III.i.133 | [Titania to Bottom] thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me ... to say, to swear, I love thee |
| Per II.i.146 | [Pericles to Fishermen] I'll show the virtue I have borne in arms |
| R3 IV.iv.370 | [Queen Elizabeth to King Richard] Thy Garter, blemished, pawned his knightly virtue |
| Tit I.i.14 | [Bassianus to his followers] The Imperial seat, to virtue consecrate [or: valour] |
| TNK II.iv.23 | [Pirithous to all, of Arcite] Mark how his virtue ... / Breaks through his baser garments |
| TNK V.ii.53.2 | [Gaoler to Gaoler's Daughter, of her horse] Having these virtues, / I think he might be brought to play at tennis |