| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.150 | You that will be less fearful than discreet, | You that will be lesse fearefull, then discreet, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.245 | with telling of discreet stories, and such other gambol | with telling of discreete stories: and such other Gamboll |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.209 | Will call discreet proceeding. | Will call discreet proceeding. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.218 | will she love him still for prating? Let not thy discreet | To loue him still for prating, let not thy discreet |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.193 | What is it else? A madness most discreet, | What is it else? a madnesse, most discreet, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.90 | railing in a known discreet man, though he do nothing | rayling, in a knowne discreet man, though hee do nothing |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.19 | With such a smooth, discreet, and stable bearing | With such a smooth, discreet, and stable bearing |