| 2H6 I.iii.56 | [Queen to Suffolk, of the King] His weapons [are] holy saws of sacred writ |
| AYL II.vii.157 | [Jaques to all] the justice ... / Full of wise saws and modern instances |
| AYL III.v.81 | [Phebe to herself] now I find thy saw of might [i.e. powerfully true] |
| Ham I.v.100 | [Hamlet alone] I'll wipe away ... / All saws of books |
| KL II.ii.158 | [disguised Kent alone] Good King, that must approve the common saw |
| LLL V.ii.911 | [Hiems singing, of winter] coughing drowns the parson's saw |
| Luc.244 | [Tarquin to himself] Who fears a sentence or an old man's saw / Shall by a painted cloth be kept in awe |
| TN III.iv.369 | [Sir Toby to Sir Andrew and Fabian] We'll whisper o'er a couplet or two of most sage saws |