| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.22 | The pith and marrow of our attribute. | |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.86 | And enterprises of great pitch and moment | And enterprizes of great pith and moment, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.23 | Even on the pith of life. Where is he gone? | Euen on the pith of life. Where is he gone? |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.21 | Either past or not arrived to pith and puissance. | Eyther past, or not arriu'd to pyth and puissance: |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.70 | To soften Angelo. And that's my pith of business | To soften Angelo: And that's my pith of businesse |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.83 | For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith | For since these Armes of mine, had seuen yeares pith, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.163 | Perhaps you marked not what's the pith of all. | Perhaps you mark'd not what's the pith of all. |