| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.43 | Be wary then. Best safety lies in fear. | Be wary then, best safety lies in feare; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.273 | And you, the judges, bear a wary eye. | And you the Iudges beare a wary eye. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.97 | But yet be wary in thy studious care. | But yet be wary in thy studious care. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.3 | Take heed, be wary how you place your words; | Take heed, be wary how you place your words, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.15 | And that craves wary walking. Crown him! – that! | And that craues warie walking: Crowne him that, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.145 | Be wary, therefore, since we do commence | Be warie therefore since we do comence, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.37 | I have ta'en a due and wary note upon't. | I haue t'ane a due, and wary note vpon't, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.52 | That hold their honours in a wary distance, | (That hold their Honours in a wary distance, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.417 | Let us be wary, let us hide our loves;’ | Let vs be wary, let vs hide our Loues, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.40 | The day is broke. Be wary. Look about. | The day is broke, be wary, looke about. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.253 | therefore it behoves men to be wary. | therfore it behooues men to be wary. |