| AW V.iii.335 | [King to all] we will pay / With strife to please you |
| MM III.ii.222 | [Escalus to disguised Duke, of the Duke] One that, above all other strifes, contended especially to know himself |
| RJ II.ii.152 | [Juliet to Romeo] I do beseech thee ... / To cease thy strife and leave me to my grief |
| Tim I.i.38 | [Poet to Painter, of someone in his picture for Timon] Artificial strife / Lives in these touches livelier than life |