| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.10 | him and his discretion. | him & his discretion. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.136 | Therefore use thy discretion; I had as lief thou didst | therefore vse thy discretion, I had as liefe thou didst |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.200 | For though abundantly they lack discretion, | For though abundantly they lacke discretion |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.5 | Yet so far hath discretion fought with nature | Yet so farre hath Discretion fought with Nature, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.117 | To lack discretion. Come, go we to the King. | To lacke discretion. Come, go we to the King, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.465 | accent and good discretion. | accent, and good discretion. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.16 | Be not too tame neither. But let your own discretion | Be not too tame neyther: but let your owne Discretion |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.118 | image of life indeed. The better part of valour is discretion, | image of life indeede. The better part of Valour, is Discretion; |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.38 | Covering discretion with a coat of folly; | Couering Discretion with a Coat of Folly; |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.124 | discretion you ought to use me, look you, being as good a | discretion you ought to vse me, looke you, being as good a |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.50 | All this was ordered by the good discretion | All this was ordred by the good Discretion |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.137 | Was it discretion, lords, to let this man, | Was it discretion Lords, to let this man, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.144 | By some discretion that discerns your state | By some discretion, that discernes your state |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.69 | purse of wit, thou pigeon-egg of discretion. O, an the | purse of wit, thou Pidgeon-egge of discretion. O & the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.719 | seen the day of wrong through the little hole of discretion, | seene the day of wrong, through the little hole of discretion, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.71 | Nor do I think the man of safe discretion | Nor doe I thinke the man of safe discretion |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.60 | O dear discretion, how his words are suited! | O deare discretion, how his words are suted, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.235 | It is a fery discretion answer, save the fall is in the | It is a fery discetion-answere; saue the fall is in the |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.125 | Old folks, you know, have discretion, as they say, | olde folkes you know, haue discretion, as they say, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.75 | ladies out of their wits they would have no more discretion | Ladies out of their Wittes, they would haue no more discretion |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.227 | True; and a goose for his discretion. | True, and a Goose for his discretion. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.229 | his discretion; and the fox carries the goose. | his discretion, and the Fox carries the Goose. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.230 | His discretion, I am sure, cannot carry his | His discretion I am sure cannot carrie his |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.232 | it to his discretion, and let us listen to the moon. | it to his discretion, and let vs hearken to the Moone. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.246 | It appears by his small light of discretion that | It appeares by his smal light of discretion, that |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.189 | avoids them with great discretion, or undertakes them | auoydes them with great discretion, or vndertakes them |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.3 | Not to outsport discretion. | Not to out-sport discretion. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.34 | Well, do your discretion. | Well, do your discretion. |
| Pericles | Per I.iii.4 | was a wise fellow and had good discretion that, being | was a wise fellowe, and had good discretion, that beeing |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.191 | discretion so weakly. Will you laugh me asleep, for I | discretion so weakly: Will you laugh me asleepe, for I |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.23 | is crushed into folly, his folly sauced with discretion. | is crusht into folly, his folly sauced with discretion: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.251 | Well, well! Why, have you any discretion? | Well, well? Why haue you any discretion? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.62 | That can with some discretion do my business, | That can with some discretion doe my businesse: |