| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.130 | Not by the title. She is young, wise, fair; | Not by the title. Shee is young, wise, faire, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.201 | wise fellow. Thou didst make tolerable vent of thy | wise fellow, thou didst make tollerable vent of thy |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.6 | Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers | Begge often our owne harmes, which the wise Powres |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.112 | O, misery on't! – the wise gods seel our eyes, | (Oh misery on't) the wise Gods seele our eyes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.265 | the keeping of wise people; for indeed there is no | the keeping of wise people: for indeede, there is no |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.22 | no longer endure it, though yet I know no wise remedy | no longer endure it, though yet I know no wise remedy |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.83 | wisely what wise men do foolishly. | wisely, what Wisemen do foolishly. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.86 | wise men have makes a great show. Here comes Monsieur | wise men haue makes a great shew; Heere comes Monsieur |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.47 | That I am wise. I must have liberty | That I am wise. I must haue liberty |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.56 | The wise man's folly is anatomized | The Wise-mans folly is anathomiz'd |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.157 | Full of wise saws and modern instances, | Full of wise sawes, and moderne instances, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.64 | wise and perpend: civet is of a baser birth than tar, the | wise and perpend: Ciuet is of a baser birth then Tarre, the |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.148 | O, but she is wise. | O but she is wise. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.27 | good; and yet it is not, it is but so so. Art thou wise? | good: and yet it is not, it is but so, so: Art thou wise? |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.30 | a saying: ‘ The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise | a saying: The Foole doth thinke he is wise, but the wiseman |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.26 | Comfort my sister, cheer her, call her wife. | Comfort my sister, cheere her, call her wise; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.75 | Master, be wise; an if you give it her, | Master be wise, and if you giue it her, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.156 | Of this most wise rebellion, thou goest foremost. | Of this most wise Rebellion, thou goest formost: |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.ii.21 | More noble blows than ever thou wise words, | Moe Noble blowes, then euer yu wise words. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.57 | fair, virtuous, wise, chaste, constant, qualified and | Faire, Vertuous, Wise, Chaste, Constant, Qualified, and |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.120 | But if I were as wise as honest, then | But if I were as wise, as honest, then |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.95 | Those that I reverence, those I fear: the wise: | Those that I reuerence, those I feare: the Wise: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.368 | It was wise Nature's end, in the donation | It was wise Natures end, in the donation |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.139 | For wise men know well enough what monsters you | for Wise men know well enough, what monsters you |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.190 | For who that's but a queen, fair, sober, wise, | For who that's but a Queene, faire, sober, wise, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.110 | I know you wise, but yet no farther wise | I know you wise, but yet no further wise |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.131 | wise may make some dram of a scruple, or indeed a | wise may make some dram of a scruple, or indeede, a |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.136 | time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and | time, & the spirits of the wise, sit in the clouds, and |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.69 | wise bearing or ignorant carriage is caught, as men take | wise bearing, or ignorant Carriage is caught, as men take |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.121 | To your well-practised wise directions. | To your well-practis'd, wise Directions. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.104 | Appear more wise and modest to the world. | Appeare more wise, and modest to the world. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.155 | Bewitch your hearts. Be wise and circumspect. | Bewitch your hearts, be wise and circumspect. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.231 | Believe me, lords, were none more wise than I – | Beleeue me Lords, were none more wise then I, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vi.9 | If this fellow be wise, he'll never call ye Jack Cade | If this Fellow be wise, hee'l neuer call yee Iacke Cade |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.25 | For wise men say it is the wisest course. | For Wise men say, it is the wisest course. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.85 | And, after that wise prince, Henry the Fifth, | And after that wise Prince, Henry the Fift, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.27 | And now may seem as wise as virtuous | And now may seeme as wise as vertuous, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.30 | A wise stout captain, and soon persuaded! | A wise stout Captaine, and soone perswaded. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.1 | Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, | Great Lords, wise men ne'r sit and waile their losse, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.22 | To think an English courtier may be wise, | To thinke an English Courtier may be wise, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.51 | That they had gathered a wise council to them | That they had gather'd a wise Councell to them |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.52 | Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading; | Exceeding wise, faire spoken, and perswading: |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.28 | Of mine own way; I know you wise, religious; | Of mine owne way. I know you Wise, Religious, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.116 | Not only good and wise, but most religious; | Not onely good and wise, but most religious: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.258 | Brutus is wise, and were he not in health, | Brutus is wise, and were he not in health, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.126 | Brutus is noble, wise, valiant, and honest; | Brutus is Noble, Wise, Valiant, and Honest; |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.138 | Thy master is a wise and valiant Roman; | Thy Master is a Wise and Valiant Romane, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.215 | That made them do it. They are wise and honourable, | That made them do it: They are Wise, and Honourable, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.31 | In peaceful wise upon their city walls, | In peacefull wise, vpon their Citie wals, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.162 | As wise as fair: what fond fit can be heard | As wise as faire, what fond fit can be heard, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.81 | To one that shames the fair and sots the wise; | To one that shames the faire and sots the wise, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.59 | Turned but aside, I likewise might discern | I tourned but a side I like wise might disserne. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.69 | Fly therefore, citizens, if you be wise, | Flie therefore Citizens if you be wise, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.92 | But if I have been otherwise employed, | But if I haue bin other wise imployd, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.210 | No otherwise than did old Jacob's words, | No other wise then did ould Iacobes wordes, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.137 | There, twice as many pikes in quadrant wise; | There twise as many pikes in quadrant wise, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.15 | to converse with him that is wise and says little, to fear | to conuerse with him that is wise and saies little, to feare |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.164 | For wise men are grown foppish | For wisemen are growne foppish, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.236 | As you are old and reverend, should be wise. | As you are Old, and Reuerend, should be Wise. |
| King Lear | KL I.v.42 | been wise. | bin wise. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.72 | wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again; | wiseman giues thee better counsell giue me mine againe, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.79 | And let the wise man fly. | And let the wiseman flie: |
| King Lear | KL III.i.32 | Wise in our negligence, have secret feet | |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.12 | daughters' blessing. Here's a night pities neither wise | Daughters blessing, heere's a night pitties neither Wisemen, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.40 | Marry, here's grace and a codpiece – that's a wise | Marry here's Grace, and a Codpiece, that's a Wiseman, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.132 | Lord, how wise you are! | Lord how wise you are! |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.18 | Than you much willing to be counted wise | Then you much wiling to be counted wise, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.102 | Were my lord so, his ignorance were wise, | Were my Lord so, his ignorance were wise, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.78 | Do the wise think them other? Is not l'envoy a | Doe the wise thinke them other, is not lenuoy a |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.70 | If by me broke, what fool is not so wise | If by me broke, What foole is not so wise, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.58 | We are wise girls to mock our lovers so. | We are wise girles to mocke our Louers so. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.76 | As foolery in the wise when wit doth dote, | As fool'ry in the Wise, when Wit doth dote: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.374 | Your wit makes wise things foolish. When we greet, | Your wits makes wise things foolish when we greete |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.378 | Wise things seem foolish and rich things but poor. | Wise things seeme foolish, and rich things but poore. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.379 | This proves you wise and rich, for in my eye – | This proues you wise and rich: for in my eie |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.105 | Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, | Who can be wise, amaz'd, temp'rate, & furious, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.16 | He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows | He is Noble, Wise, Iudicious, and best knowes |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.100 | too, but that a wise burgher put in for them. | to, but that a wise Burger put in for them. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.56 | This comes off well. Here's a wise officer. | This comes off well: here's a wise Officer. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.116 | If it were damnable, he being so wise, | If it were damnable, he being so wise, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.130 | the greater file of the subject held the Duke to be wise. | the greater file of the subiect held the Duke to be wise. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.131 | Wise? Why, no question but he was. | Wise? Why no question but he was. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.467 | I am sorry one so learned and so wise | I am sorry, one so learned, and so wise |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.96 | That therefore only are reputed wise | That therefore onely are reputed wise, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.106 | I must be one of these same dumb wise men, | I must be one of these same dumbe wise men, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.70 | As his wise mother wrought in his behalf, | (As his wise mother wrought in his behalfe) |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.70 | fail of the knowing me; it is a wise father that knows his | faile of the knowing me: it is a wise Father that knowes his |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.53 | For she is wise, if I can judge of her, | For she is wise, if I can iudge of her, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.56 | And therefore, like herself, wise, fair, and true, | And therefore like her selfe, wise, faire, and true, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.70 | Had you been as wise as bold, | Had you beene as wise as bold, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.221 | O wise young judge, how I do honour thee! | O wise young Iudge, how do I honour thee. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.247 | 'Tis very true. O wise and upright judge! | 'Tis verie true: O wise and vpright Iudge, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.26 | ‘ Convey ’, the wise it call. ‘ Steal!’ Foh, | Conuay: the wise it call: Steale? foh: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.9 | He is wise, sir. He knew your worship would kill | Hee is wise Sir: hee knew your worship would kill |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.48 | sworn of the peace. You have showed yourself a wise | sworn of the peace: you haue show'd your selfe a wise |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.49 | physician, and Sir Hugh hath shown himself a wise and | Physician, and Sir Hugh hath showne himselfe a wise and |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.23 | Pray you, sir, was't not the wise woman of | Pray you Sir, was't not the Wise-woman of |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.54 | there a wise woman with thee? | there a wise woman with thee? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.73 | tell you for good will, look you. You are wise, and full of | tell you for good will (looke you) you are wise, and full of |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.140 | Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful. | Thou art as wise, as thou art beautifull. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.26 | I am well; another is wise, yet I am well; another virtuous, | I am well: another is wise, yet I am well: another vertuous, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.29 | be, that's certain; wise, or I'll none; virtuous, or I'll | be, that's certaine: wise, or Ile none: vertuous, or Ile |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.162 | And she is exceeding wise. | And she is exceeding wise. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.183 | Before God, and in my mind, very wise. | 'Fore God, and in my minde very wise. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.188 | of quarrels you may say he is wise, for either he | of quarrels you may see hee is wise, for either hee |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.226 | I cannot reprove it; and wise, but for loving me. By my | I cannot reprooue it, and wise, but for louing me, by my |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.60 | How wise, how noble, young, how rarely featured, | How wise, how noble, yong, how rarely featur'd. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.66 | wise words to speak to you, which these hobby-horses | wise words to speake to you, which these hobby-horses |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.77 | proved upon thee by good witness. I am a wise fellow, | prou'd vpon thee by good witnesse, I am a wise fellow, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.159 | is wise:’ ‘ Certain,’ said she, ‘ a wise gentleman.’ ‘ Nay,’ | is wise: certain said she, a wise gentleman: nay |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.66 | Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably. | Thou and I are too wise to wooe peaceablie. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.68 | one wise man among twenty that will praise himself. | one wise man among twentie that will praise himselfe. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.76 | wise, if Don Worm, his conscience, find no impediment | wise, if Don worme (his conscience) finde no impediment |
| Othello | Oth I.i.122 | If't be your pleasure and most wise consent, | If't be your pleasure, and most wise consent, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.128 | If she be fair and wise, fairness and wit, | If she be faire, and wise: fairenesse, and wit, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.140 | But does foul pranks which fair and wise ones do. | But do's foule pranks, which faire, and wise-ones do. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.379 | I should be wise; for honesty's a fool | I should be wise; for Honestie's a Foole, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.429 | Nay, but be wise: yet we see nothing done, | Nay yet be wise; yet we see nothing done, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.74.1 | O, thou art wise, 'tis certain. | Oh, thou art wise: 'tis certaine. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.234 | Are you wise? | Are you wise? |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.221.1 | Be wise, and get you home. | Be wise, and get you home. |
| 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 |
| Pericles | Per V.i.184 | Most wise in general. Tell me, if thou canst, | Most wise in generall, tell me if thou canst, |
| Pericles | Per V.ii.11 | To fair Marina, but in no wise | To faire Marina, but in no wise, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.276 | Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. | |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.18 | As praises, of whose taste the wise are fond; | As praises of his state: then there are sound |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.178 | My lord, wise men ne'er sit and wail their woes, | My Lord, wise men ne're waile their present woes, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.63 | In me it seems it will make wise men mad. | In me it seemes, it will make wise-men mad: |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.91 | Is wise and virtuous, and his noble Queen | Is wise and vertuous, and his Noble Queene |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.244 | Young, valiant, wise, and, no doubt, right royal, | Yong, Valiant, Wise, and (no doubt) right Royal, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.32 | When clouds are seen, wise men put on their cloaks; | When Clouds are seen, wisemen put on their clokes; |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.79 | So wise so young, they say, do never live long. | So wise, so young, they say doe neuer liue long. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.47 | Full of wise care is this your counsel, madam. | Full of wise care, is this your counsaile, Madame: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.221 | She is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair, | She is too faire, too wisewi: sely too faire, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.114 | And a good lady, and a wise and virtuous. | And a good Lady, and a wise, and Vertuous, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.3.2 | He is wise, | He is wise, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.63 | How should they, when that wise men have no eyes? | How should they, / When wisemen haue no eyes? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.53 | Do thou but call my resolution wise | Do thou but call my resolution wise, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.259.1 | Am I not wise? | Am I not wise? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.24 | Though he be blunt, I know him passing wise, | Though he be blunt, I know him passing wise, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.123 | So rare a wondered father and a wise | So rare a wondred Father, and a wise |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.295 | Ay, that I will; and I'll be wise hereafter, | I that I will: and Ile be wise hereafter, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.78 | you in this wise company? How dost thou, Apemantus? | you in this wise Company. / How dost thou Apermantus? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.119 | Nor thou altogether a wise man. As much foolery | Nor thou altogether a Wise man, / As much foolerie |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.31 | Flaminius, I have noted thee always wise. | Flaminius, I haue noted thee alwayes wise. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.40 | gentleman; but thou art wise; and thou knowest well | Gentleman, but thou art wise, and thou know'st well |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.505 | Methinks thou art more honest now than wise. | Me thinkes thou art more honest now, then wise: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.383 | That slew himself, and wise Laertes' son | That slew himselfe: And Laertes sonne, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.37 | Thy life-blood out, if Aaron now be wise, | Thy lifeblood out: If Aaron now be wise, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.24 | The wise and fool, the artist and unread, | The Wise and Foole, the Artist and vn-read, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.69 | Thou great, and wise, to hear Ulysses speak. | (Thou Great, and Wise) to heare Vlysses speake. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.16 | The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches | The Beacon of the wise: the tent that searches |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.148 | valiant, as wise, no less noble, much more gentle, and | valiant, as wise, no lesse noble, much more gentle, and |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.249 | He must, he is, he cannot but be wise – | He must, he is, he cannot but be wise. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.153 | To angle for your thoughts; but you are wise, | To Angle for your thoughts: but you are wise, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.154 | Or else you love not; for to be wise and love | Or else you loue not: for to be wise and loue, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.31 | fools; and I that am sure I lack thee may pass for a wise | fooles: and I that am sure I lacke thee, may passe for a wise |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.71 | him. Infirmity, that decays the wise, doth ever make the | him: Infirmity that decaies the wise, doth euer make the |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.83 | take these wise men, that crow so at these set kind of | take these Wisemen, that crow so at these set kinde of |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.42 | Every wise man's son doth know. | Euery wise mans sonne doth know. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.58 | This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; | This fellow is wise enough to play the foole, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.64 | As full of labour as a wise man's art. | As full of labour as a Wise-mans Art: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.66 | But wise men, folly-fallen, quite taint their wit. | But wisemens folly falne, quite taint their wit. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.20 | By my troth, thou hast an open hand! These wise | By my troth thou hast an open hand: these Wise- |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.41 | Methinks should not be chronicled for wise. | Me thinkes should not be chronicled for wise. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.15 | Wise. | Wise. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.40 | Holy, fair, and wise is she; | Holy, faire, and wise is she, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iii.13 | Valiant, wise, remorseful, well-accomplished. | Valiant, wise, remorse-full, well accomplish'd. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.65.1 | But you are wise. | But you are wise. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.65.2 | I hope, too wise for that, sir. | I hope too wise for that Sir. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.222 | In public question with their swords. Be wise then, | In publique question with their Swords; Be wise then |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.127.1 | And let 'em all alone; is't not a wise course? | And let 'em all alone, Is't not a wise course? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.140.1 | Come hither; you are a wise man. | Come hither, you are a wise man. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.7 | What a sweet face has Arcite! If wise Nature | What a sweet face has Arcite? if wise nature |