| 1H4 III.i.120 | [Glendower to Hotspur] I ... gave the tongue a helpful ornament |
| 1H6 II.v.47 | [Richard to Mortimer, of Somerset] he used his lavish tongue / And did upbraid me with my father's death |
| AC I.ii.106 | [Antony to Messenger] mince not the general tongue |
| AW I.ii.41 | [King to Bertram, of Bertram's father] His tongue obeyed his hand [i.e. like the bell-striker follows the hand of a clock] |
| Cor III.ii.100 | [Coriolanus to all] Must I / With base tongue give to my noble heart / A lie that it must bear? |
| Cym II.iii.14 | [Cloten to musicians, of their playing to Innogen] we'll try with tongue too [bawdy pun] |
| E3 II.i.307 | [King Edward to Warwick] O, that a man might hold the heart's close book / And choke the lavish tongue |
| KJ V.vi.8 | [Hubert to unrecognized Bastard] Thou art my friend, that knowest my tongue so well |
| KL I.i.78 | [Cordelia to herself] I am sure my love's / More ponderous than my tongue |
| MA IV.i.315 | [Beatrice to Benedick] men are only turned into tongue |
| Tim I.i.178 | [Merchant to Timon, of praise from the Jeweller] he speaks the common tongue / Which all men speak with him [i.e. he only says what is general opinion] |