| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.90 | Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, | Therefore, since Breuitie is the Soule of Wit, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.117 | Romans in brevity. | Romaines in breuitie. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.118 | He sure means brevity in breath, short-winded. | Sure he meanes breuity in breath: short-winded. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.40 | With the rude brevity and discharge of one. | With the rude breuitie and discharge of our |