| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.32 | He had the wit which I can well observe | He had the wit, which I can well obserue |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.44 | hath given us wit to flout at Fortune, hath not Fortune | hath giuen vs wit to flout at Fortune, hath not Fortune |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.48 | Nature's wit. | natures witte. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.53 | the whetstone of the wits. How now, wit, whither | the whetstone of the wits. How now Witte, whether |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.85 | wit that fools have was silenced, the little foolery that | wit that fooles haue was silenced, the little foolerie that |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.97 | As wit and fortune will. | As wit and fortune will. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.53 | Nay, I shall ne'er be ware of mine own wit | Nay, I shall nere be ware of mine owne wit, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.27 | night is lack of the sun; that he that hath learned no wit | night, is lacke of the Sunne: That hee that hath learned no wit |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.66 | You have too courtly a wit for me; I'll rest. | You haue too Courtly a wit, for me, Ile rest. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.268 | You have a nimble wit; I think 'twas made of | You haue a nimble wit; I thinke 'twas made of |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.11 | nor a man's good wit seconded with the forward child | nor a mans good wit seconded with the forward childe, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.77 | or I should think my honesty ranker than my wit. | or I should thinke my honestie ranker then my wit. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.149 | Or else she could not have the wit to do this. | Or else shee could not haue the wit to doe this: |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.151 | woman's wit, and it will out at the casement; shut that, | womans wit, and it will out at the casement: shut that, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.154 | A man that had a wife with such a wit, he might | A man that had a wife with such a wit, he might |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.155 | say ‘ Wit, whither wilt?’ | say, wit whether wil't? |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.157 | met your wife's wit going to your neighbour's bed. | met your wiues wit going to your neighbours bed. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.158 | And what wit could wit have to excuse that? | And what wit could wit haue, to excuse that? |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.28 | Ay, sir, I have a pretty wit. | I sir, I haue a prettie wit. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.51 | diest; or, to wit, I kill thee, make thee away, | dyest; or (to wit) I kill thee, make thee away, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.104 | presentation of that he shoots his wit. | presentation of that he shoots his wit. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.91 | Are my discourses dull? barren my wit? | Are my discourses dull? Barren my wit, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.38 | and ensconce it too, or else I shall seek my wit in my | and Insconce it to, or else I shall seek my wit in my |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.87 | hair he hath given them in wit. | haire, hee hath giuen them in wit. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.89 | man hath more hair than wit. | man hath more haire then wit. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.91 | the wit to lose his hair. | the wit to lose his haire. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.93 | hairy men plain dealers, without wit. | hairy men plain dealers without wit. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.159 | Who, every word by all my wit being scanned, | Who euery word by all my wit being scan'd, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.160 | Wants wit in all one word to understand. | Wants wit in all, one word to vnderstand. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.25 | judge my wit would fly? | iudge my wit would flye. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.26 | Nay, your wit will not so soon out as | Nay your wit will not so soone out as |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.250 | I'll try whether my old wit be in request | Ile trie whether my old Wit be in request |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iii.29 | seen small reflection of her wit. | seene small reflection of her wit. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.9 | If his wit had been like him that broke | If his wit had bin like him that broke |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.43 | With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts – | With witchcraft of his wits, hath Traitorous guifts. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.44 | O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power | Oh wicked Wit, and Gifts, that haue the power |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.90 | Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, | Therefore, since Breuitie is the Soule of Wit, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.200 | gum, and that they have a plentiful lack of wit, together | Gumme: and that they haue a plentifull locke of Wit, together |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.45 | I like thy wit well, in good faith. The | I like thy wit well in good faith, the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.10 | myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. I do here | my selfe, but the cause that wit is in other men. I doe heere |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.172 | pregnancy is made a tapster, and his quick wit | Pregnancie is made a Tapster, and hath his quicke wit |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.185 | short, your chin double, your wit single, and every part | short? your wit single? and euery part |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.208 | Yea, I thank your pretty sweet wit for it. But | Yes, I thanke your pretty sweet wit for it: but |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.249 | my pension shall seem the more reasonable. A good wit | my Pension shall seeme the more reasonable. A good wit |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.234 | They say Poins has a good wit. | They say Poines hath a good Wit. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.235 | He a good wit? Hang him, baboon! His wit's | Hee a good Wit? hang him Baboone, his Wit is |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.85 | I would you had the wit; 'twere better than | I would you had but the wit: 'twere better then |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.100 | tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. The | Tongue, which is the Birth, becomes excellent Wit. The |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.50 | Established then this law: to wit, no female | Establisht then this Law; to wit, No Female |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.296 | His jest will savour but of shallow wit | His Iest will sauour but of shallow wit, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.30 | Nay, the man hath no wit that cannot, from the | Nay, the man hath no wit, that cannot from the |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.73 | My wit untrained in any kind of art. | My wit vntrayn'd in any kind of Art: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.12 | Search out thy wit for secret policies, | Search out thy wit for secret pollicies, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.30 | With ruder terms, such as my wit affords, | With ruder termes, such as my wit affoords, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.232 | And yet herein I judge mine own wit good – | And yet herein I iudge mine owne Wit good; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.33 | Lords, give us leave; I'll try this widow's wit. | Lords giue vs leaue, Ile trye this Widowes wit. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.85 | Her words doth show her wit incomparable; | Her Words doth shew her Wit incomparable, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.61 | Away with scrupulous wit! Now arms must rule. | Away with scrupulous Wit, now Armes must rule. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.51 | To wit, an indigested and deformed lump, | To wit, an indigested and deformed lumpe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.47 | And unmatched wit and judgement. Ferdinand | And vnmatch'd Wit, and Iudgement. Ferdinand |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.72 | More near my life, I fear, with my weak wit, | (More neere my Life I feare) with my weake wit; |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.177 | You know I am a woman, lacking wit | You know I am a Woman, lacking wit |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.47 | wife of small wit near him, that railed upon me till her | Wife of small wit, neere him, that rail'd vpon me, till her |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.297 | This rudeness is a sauce to his good wit, | This Rudenesse is a Sawce to his good Wit, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.222 | For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, | For I haue neyther writ nor words, nor worth, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.130 | Beyond repulse of wit or cure of art. | Beyond repulse ofwit or cure of Art. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.27 | Her wit more fluent. What a strange discourse | Her wit more fluent, what a strange discourse, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.78 | How much more shall the strains of poets' wit | How much more shall the straines of poets wit, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.102 | When there is such disorder in my wit. | When there is such disorder in my witte: |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.179 | Let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit; | Let me, if not by birth, haue lands by wit, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.160 | Thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown when thou | thou had'st little wit in thy bald crowne, when thou |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.183 | Thou hast pared thy wit o' both sides and left nothing | thou hast pared thy wit o'both sides, and left nothing |
| King Lear | KL I.v.11 | Then I prithee be merry. Thy wit shall not go | Then I prythee be merry, thy wit shall not go |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.41 | Having more man than wit about me, drew. | Hauing more man then wit about me, drew; |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.74 | He that has and a little tiny wit, | He that has and a little-tyne wit, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.85 | for it. He surely affected her for her wit. | for it. He surely affected her for her wit. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.86 | It was so, sir, for she had a green wit. | It was so sir, for she had a greene wit. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.91 | My father's wit and my mother's tongue assist me! | My fathers witte, and my mothers tongue assist mee. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.169 | had a very good wit. Cupid's butt-shaft is too hard for | had a very good witte. Cupids Butshaft is too hard for |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.177 | sure I shall turn sonnet. Devise, wit; write, pen; for I | sure I shall turne Sonnet. Deuise Wit, write Pen, for I |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.19 | In spending your wit in the praise of mine. | In spending your wit in the praise of mine. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.49 | Is a sharp wit matched with too blunt a will, | Is a sharp wit match'd with too blunt a Will: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.59 | For he hath wit to make an ill shape good, | For he hath wit to make an ill shape good, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.60 | And shape to win grace though he had no wit. | And shape to win grace though she had no wit. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.69 | His eye begets occasion for his wit, | His eye begets occasion for his wit, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.50 | An your waist, mistress, were as slender as my wit, | And your waste Mistris, were as slender as my wit, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.143 | O'my troth, most sweet jests, most incony vulgar wit; | O my troth most sweete iests, most inconie vulgar wit, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.148 | And his page o't' other side, that handful of wit! | And his Page at other side, that handfull of wit, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.34 | You two are book-men – can you tell me by your wit | You two are book-men: Can you tell by your wit, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.157 | poetry, wit, nor invention. I beseech your society. | Poetrie, Wit, nor Inuention. I beseech your Societie. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.6 | I – and I the fool. Well proved, wit! By the Lord, this | I, and I the foole: Well proued wit. By the Lord this |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.98 | Once more I'll mark how love can vary wit. | Once more Ile marke how Loue can varry Wit. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.145 | How will he scorn, how will he spend his wit! | How will he scorne? how will he spend his wit? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.56 | sweet touch, a quick venue of wit! Snip, snap, quick | sweet tutch, a quicke venewe of wit, snip snap, quick |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.57 | and home! It rejoiceth my intellect. True wit! | & home, it reioyceth my intellect, true wit. |
| 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.29 | Well bandied both! A set of wit well played. | Well bandied both, a set of Wit well played. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.70 | As wit turned fool. Folly, in wisdom hatched, | As Wit turn'd foole, follie in Wisedome hatch'd: |
| 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.78 | To prove, by wit, worth in simplicity. | To proue by Wit, worth in simplicitie. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.269 | O poverty in wit, kingly-poor flout! | O pouertie in wit, Kingly poore flout. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.315 | This fellow pecks up wit, as pigeons peas, | This fellow pickes vp wit as Pigeons pease, |
| 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.398 | Thrust thy sharp wit quite through my ignorance, | Thrust thy sharpe wit quite through my ignorance. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.430 | Speak for yourselves. My wit is at an end. | Speake for your selues, my wit is at an end. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.484 | Welcome, pure wit! Thou partest a fair fray. | Welcome pure wit, thou part'st a faire fray. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.835 | That lie within the mercy of your wit. | That lie within the mercie of your wit. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.842 | With all the fierce endeavour of your wit | With all the fierce endeuour of your wit, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.43 | Thou speak'st with all thy wit; | Thou speak'st with all thy wit, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.44 | And yet, i' faith, with wit enough for thee. | And yet I'faith with wit enough for thee. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.256 | Faith, sir, few of any wit in such matters. As they | 'Faith sir, few of any wit in such matters: as they |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.127 | Great men may jest with saints: 'tis wit in them, | Great men may iest with Saints: tis wit in them, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.62 | Upon thy doings; thousand escapes of wit | Vpon thy doings: thousand escapes of wit |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.360 | Hast thou or word, or wit, or impudence | Ha'st thou or word, or wit, or impudence, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.18 | And hedged me by his wit to yield myself | And hedg'd me by his wit to yeelde my selfe |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.81 | They have the wisdom by their wit to lose. | They haue the wisdome by their wit to loose. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.90 | To wit, besides commends and courteous breath, | To wit (besides commends and curteous breath) |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.98 | Thou spend'st such high-day wit in praising him. | Thou spend'st such high-day wit in praising him: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.41 | the best grace of wit will shortly turn into silence, and | the best grace of witte will shortly turne into silence, and |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.52 | show the whole wealth of thy wit in an instant? I pray | shew the whole wealth of thy wit in an instant; I pray |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.127 | No, none that thou hast wit enough to make. | No, none that thou hast wit enough to make. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.141 | Repair thy wit, good youth, or it will fall | Repaire thy wit good youth, or it will fall |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.86.1 | With wit or steel? | With wit, or Steele? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.56 | taught me more wit than ever I learned before in my | taught me more wit, then euer I learn'd before in my |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.108 | Brainford. But that my admirable dexterity of wit, my | Braineford, but that my admirable dexteritie of wit, my |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.126 | reason, that they were fairies. See now how wit may be | reason, that they were Fairies. See now how wit may be |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.127 | – for, indeed, who would set his wit to so foolish a bird? | For indeede, who would set his wit to so foolish a bird? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.141 | Not so, neither; but if I had wit enough to get | Not so neither: but if I had wit enough to get |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.204 | dream past the wit of man to say what dream it was. Man | dreame, past the wit of man, to say, what dreame it was. Man |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.9 | No, he hath simply the best wit of any handicraft | No, hee hath simply the best wit of any handy-craft |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.58 | they never meet but there's a skirmish of wit between | they neuer meet, but there's a skirmish of wit between |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.62 | whole man governed with one; so that if he have wit | whole man gouern'd with one: so that if hee haue wit |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.ii.15 | Hath the fellow any wit that told you this? | Hath the fellow any wit that told you this? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.109 | your excellent wit? Can virtue hide itself? Go to, mum, | your excellent wit? can vertue hide it selfe? goe to, mumme, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.116 | wit out of the ‘ Hundred Merry Tales ’ – well, this was | wit out of the hundred merry tales: well, this was |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.126 | in his wit, but in his villainy; for he both pleases men | in his witte, but in his villanie, for hee both pleaseth men |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.355 | his quick wit and his queasy stomach, he shall fall in | his quicke wit, and his queasie stomacke, hee shall fall in |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.185 | like wit. | like wit. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.227 | troth, it is no addition to her wit, nor no great argument | troth it is no addition to her witte, nor no great argument |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.229 | chance have some odd quirks and remnants of wit broken | chance haue some odde quirkes and remnants of witte broken |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.52 | Misprizing what they look on, and her wit | Mis-prizing what they looke on, and her wit |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.76 | Out of myself, press me to death with wit! | Out of my selfe, presse me to death with wit, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.89 | Having so swift and excellent a wit | Hauing so swift and excellent a wit |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.62 | Even since you left it. Doth not my wit | Euer since you left it, doth not my wit |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.33 | say, ‘ When the age is in, the wit is out.’ God help us, it is | say, when the age is in the wit is out, God helpe vs, it is |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.56 | We will spare for no wit, I warrant you. Here's | Wee will spare for no witte I warrant you: heere's |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.123 | beaten away. Wilt thou use thy wit? | beaten away, wilt thou vse thy wit? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.125 | Dost thou wear thy wit by thy side? | Doest thou weare thy wit by thy side? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.127 | beside their wit. I will bid thee draw, as we do the | beside their wit, I will bid thee drawe, as we do the |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.133 | Sir, I shall meet your wit in the career, an you | Sir, I shall meete your wit in the careere, and you |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.153 | Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. | Sir, your wit ambles well, it goes easily. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.154 | I'll tell thee how Beatrice praised thy wit the | Ile tell thee how Beatrice prais'd thy wit the |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.155 | other day. I said, thou hadst a fine wit. ‘ True,’ said she, | other day: I said thou hadst a fine wit: true saies she, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.156 | ‘ a fine little one.’ ‘No,’ said I, ‘ a great wit.’ ‘ Right,’ says | a fine little one: no said I, a great wit: right saies |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.157 | she, ‘ a great gross one.’ ‘ Nay,’ said I, ‘ a good wit.’ ‘ Just,’ | shee, a great grosse one: nay said I, a good wit: iust |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.193 | his doublet and hose and leaves off his wit! | his doublet and hose, and leaues off his wit. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.11 | Thy wit is as quick as the greyhound's mouth; | Thy wit is as quicke as the grey-hounds mouth, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.15 | A most manly wit, Margaret; it will not hurt a | A most manly wit Margaret, it will not hurt a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.52 | sense, so forcible is thy wit. But I must tell thee plainly, | sence, so forcible is thy wit, but I must tell thee plainely, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.136 | Tying her duty, beauty, wit, and fortunes | Tying her Dutie, Beautie, Wit, and Fortunes |
| 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.131 | If she be black, and thereto have a wit, | If she be blacke, and thereto haue a wit, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.358 | at all, and a little more wit, return again to Venice. | at all, and a little more Wit, returne againe to Venice. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.361 | Thou know'st we work by wit, and not by witchcraft, | Thou know'st we worke by Wit, and not by Witchcraft |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.362 | And wit depends on dilatory time. | And Wit depends on dilatory time: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.463 | The execution of his wit, hands, heart, | The execution of his wit, hands, heart, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.21 | To do this is within the compass of man's wit, and | To do this, is within the compasse of mans Wit, and |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.121 | charity to my wit: do not think it so unwholesome. Ha, | Charitie to my wit, do not thinke it / So vnwholesome. Ha, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.189 | wit and invention! | wit, and inuention? |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.145 | That turned your wit the seamy side without | That turn'd your wit, the seamy-side without, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.211 | is not without wit and judgement. But, Roderigo, | is not without wit and iudgement. But Rodorigo, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.31 | And yet he rides it out. Now please you wit | And yet hee rydes it out, Nowe please you wit: |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.50 | And those who have the wit to claim the place. | And those who haue the wit to clayme the place: |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.85 | With what his valour did enrich his wit, | With what his Valour did enrich his Wit, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.86 | His wit set down to make his valour live. | His Wit set downe, to make his Valour liue: |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.132 | With what a sharp-provided wit he reasons! | With what a sharpe prouided wit he reasons: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.209 | With Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit, | With Cupids arrow, she hath Dians wit: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.43 | Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit. | thou wilt fall backeward when thou hast more wit, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.49.1 | But 'tis no wit to go. | But 'tis no wit to go. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.60 | Sure wit, follow me this jest now till thou hast | Sure wit, follow me this ieast, now till thou hast |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.78 | Thy wit is a very bitter sweeting. It is a most | Thy wit is a very Bitter-sweeting, / It is a most |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.82 | O, here's a wit of cheverel, that stretches from | Oh here's a wit of Cheuerell, that stretches from |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.122 | Fie, fie, thou shamest thy shape, thy love, thy wit, | Fie, fie, thou sham'st thy shape, thy loue, thy wit, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.125 | Which should bedeck thy shape, thy love, thy wit. | Which should bedecke thy shape, thy loue, thy wit: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.130 | Thy wit, that ornament to shape and love, | Thy wit, that Ornament, to shape and Loue, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.73 | But much of grief shows still some want of wit. | But much of griefe, shewes still some want of wit. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.121 | put out your wit. | put out your wit. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.122 | Then have at you with my wit! I will dry-beat you | Then haue at you with my wit. / I will drie-beate you |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.123 | with an iron wit, and put up my iron dagger. Answer me | with an yron wit, / And put vp my yron Dagger. / Answere me |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.76 | O, how we joy to see your wit restored! | Oh how we ioy to see your wit restor'd, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.48 | That hearing of her beauty and her wit, | That hearing of her beautie, and her wit, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.257 | It is extempore, from my mother-wit. | It is extempore, from my mother wit. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.15 | watch of his wit. By and by it will strike. | watch of his wit, / By and by it will strike. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.242 | for't. Wit shall not go unrewarded while I am king of | for't: / Wit shall not goe vn-rewarded while I am King of |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.237 | That I had no angry wit to be a lord. – Art | That I had no angry wit to be a Lord. / Art |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.120 | as I have, so much wit thou lackest. | as I haue, so much wit thou lack'st. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.10 | Upon her wit doth earthly honour wait, | Vpon her wit doth earthly honour waite, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.26 | Chiron, thy years want wit, thy wit wants edge | Chiron thy yeres wants wit, thy wit wants edge |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.120 | Come, come; our Empress with her sacred wit | Come, come, our Empresse with her sacred wit |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.1 | He that had wit would think that I had none, | He that had wit, would thinke that I had none, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.48 | I will not dispraise your sister Cassandra's wit, but – | I will not dispraise your sister Cassandra's wit, but--- |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.87 | not have his wit this year. | not haue his will this yeare. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.190 | That's Antenor. He has a shrewd wit, I can | That's Antenor, he has a shrow'd wit I can |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.261 | wit to defend my wiles; upon my secrecy to defend | wit, to defend my wiles; vppon my secrecy, to defend |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.74 | We shall hear music, wit, and oracle. | We shall heare Musicke, Wit, and Oracle. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.16 | I shall sooner rail thee into wit and holiness; | I shal sooner rayle thee into wit and holinesse: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.46 | sold among those of any wit, like a barbarian slave. If | solde among those of any wit, like a Barbarian slaue. If |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.67 | Lo, lo, lo, lo, what modicums of wit he | Lo, lo, lo, lo, what modicums of wit he |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.72 | Ajax, who wears his wit in his belly, and his guts in his | Aiax who wears his wit in his belly, and his guttes in his |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.77 | Has not so much wit – | Has not so much wit. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.85 | Will you set your wit to a fool's? | Will you set your wit to a Fooles. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.98 | E'en so; a great deal of your wit, too, lies in | E'neso, a great deale of your wit too lies in |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.103 | There's Ulysses and old Nestor – whose wit | There's Vlysses, and old Nestor, whose Wit |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.118 | wit stirring, and leave the faction of fools. | wit stirring, and leaue the faction of fooles. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.13 | that little little, less than little wit from them that they | that little little lesse then little wit from them that they |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.214 | Wit would be out of fashion. | Wit would be out of fashion. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.148 | To be another's fool. Where is my wit? | To be anothers foole. Where is my wit? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.171 | For beauty, wit, | for beautie, wit, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.255 | there were wit in his head, an 'twould out – and so | there were wit in his head and twoo'd out; and so |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.106 | Fear not my truth: the moral of my wit | Feare not my truth; the morrall of my wit |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.54 | but that he is should wit larded with malice, and malice | but that he is, shold wit larded with malice, and malice |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.55 | forced with wit, turn him to? To an ass were nothing; | forced with wit, turne him too: to an Asse were nothing; |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.62 | Only shape thou thy silence to my wit. | Onely shape thou thy silence to my wit. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.81 | more wit than a Christian or an ordinary man has; but I | more wit then a Christian, or an ordinary man ha's: but I |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.83 | my wit. | my wit. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.104 | her degree, neither in estate, years, nor wit. I have heard | hir degree, neither in estate, yeares, nor wit: I haue heard |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.29 | Wit, an't be thy will, put me into good fooling. | Wit, and't be thy will, put me into good fooling: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.33 | than a foolish wit.’ God bless thee, lady! | then a foolish wit. God blesse thee Lady. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.86 | Have you no wit, manners, nor honesty, but to gabble | Haue you no wit, manners, nor honestie, but to gabble |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.131 | him a common recreation, do not think I have wit | him a common recreation, do not thinke I haue witte |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.199 | devil of wit! | diuell of wit. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.12 | but a cheverel glove to a good wit; how quickly the | but a cheu'rill gloue to a good witte, how quickely the |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.59 | And to do that well craves a kind of wit. | And to do that well, craues a kinde of wit: |
| 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 III.i.129 | And yet, when wit and youth is come to harvest, | And yet when wit and youth is come to haruest, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.149 | Nor wit nor reason can my passion hide. | Nor wit, nor reason, can my passion hide: |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.208 | I must have done no less, with wit and safety. | I must haue done no lesse with wit and safety. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.34 | However, but a folly bought with wit, | How euer: but a folly bought with wit, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.35 | Or else a wit by folly vanquished. | Or else a wit, by folly vanquished. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.47 | Even so by love the young and tender wit | Euen so by Loue, the yong, and tender wit |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.69 | Made wit with musing weak, heart sick with thought. | Made Wit with musing, weake; hart sick with thought. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.124 | Beshrew me, but you have a quick wit. | Beshrew me, but you haue a quicke wit. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.37 | Sir Thurio borrows his wit from your ladyship's looks, | Sir Thurio borrows his wit from your Ladiships lookes, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.40 | make your wit bankrupt. | make your wit bankrupt. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.12 | And he wants wit that wants resolved will | And he wants wit, that wants resolued will, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.13 | To learn his wit t' exchange the bad for better. | To learne his wit, t' exchange the bad for better; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.43 | As thou hast lent me wit to plot this drift! | As thou hast lent me wit, to plot this drift. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.261 | I am but a fool, look you, and yet I have the wit to | I am but a foole, looke you, and yet I haue the wit to |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.343 | Item: She hath more hair than wit, and more faults | Item, shee hath more haire then wit, and more faults |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.348 | Item: She hath more hair than wit – | Item, she hath more haire then wit. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.349 | More hair than wit? It may be I'll prove it: the | More haire then wit: it may be ile proue it: The |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.351 | than the salt; the hair that covers the wit is more than | then the salt; the haire that couers the wit, is more then |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.352 | the wit, for the greater hides the less. What's next? | the wit; for the greater hides the lesse: What's next? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.13 | If I had not had more wit than he, to take a fault upon | If I had not had more wit then he, to take a fault vpon |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.v.12 | Or wit, or safety; I have made him know it. | Or wit, or safetie: I have made him know it |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.52 | I'll use that tongue I have. If wit flow from't | Ile vse that tongue I haue: If wit flow from't |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.768 | Not he alone shall suffer what wit can make | Not hee alone shall suffer what Wit can make |