| CE II.ii.139 | [Adriana to Antipholus of Syracuse] How dearly would it touch thee to the quick / Shouldst thou but hear I were licentious |
| Ham II.ii.595 | [Hamlet alone, of Claudius] I'll tent him to the quick |
| Ham IV.vii.122 | [Claudius to Laertes] But to the quick o'th' ulcer [i.e. the nub of the matter] |
| Tem V.i.25 | [Prospero to Ariel, of his wrongdoers] with their high wrongs I am struck to th'quick [i.e. hurt very deeply] |
| Tit IV.ii.28 | [Aaron to himself, of the lines of verse accompanying Titus' weapons] That wound beyond their feeling to the quick |
| Tit IV.iv.36 | [Tamora to herself, as if to Titus] I have touched thee to the quick |