| AC IV.viii.21 | [Antony to Cleopatra] ha' we / A brain that nourishes our nerves |
| Cor I.i.136 | [Menenius to Citizens, as the belly addressing the other body parts] The strongest nerves and small inferior veins / From me receive that natural competency / Whereby they live |
| Cym III.iii.94 | [Belarius alone, of Guiderius] Strains his young nerves |
| Ham I.iv.83 | [Hamlet to Horatio and Marcellus] As hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve |
| Mac III.iv.101 | [Macbeth to Banquo's ghost] my firm nerves / Shall never tremble |
| Sonn.120.4 | [] Unless my nerves were brass or hammered steel |
| TC I.iii.55 | [Ulysses to and of Agamemnon] nerve and bone of Greece [F; Q nerues] |
| Tem I.ii.485 | [Prospero to Ferdinand] Thy nerves are in their infancy again |