| H8 IV.ii.74 | [Katherine to Griffith] With thy religious truth and modesty |
| H8 V.iii.64 | [Cranmer to Gardiner] Win straying souls with modesty again |
| Ham II.ii.439 | [Hamlet to First Player, of a play] set down with as much modesty as cunning |
| Ham III.ii.19 | [Hamlet to Players] o'erstep not the modesty of nature |
| Ham V.i.204 | [Hamlet to Horatio, of Alexander] to follow him ... with modesty enough |
| JC III.i.213 | [Antony to Cassius, of praising Caesar] The enemies of Caesar shall say this; / Then, in a friend, it is cold modesty |
| MV V.i.205 | [Portia to Bassanio, of her ring] What man ... wanted the modesty / To urge the thing held as a ceremony |
| TS induction.1.66 | [Lord to Huntsmen, of transforming Sly] It will be pastime passing excellent, / If it be husbanded with modesty |
| TS induction.1.92 | [Lord to First Player] I am doubtful of your modesties [i.e. whether you can control yourselves] |