| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.1 | My blood hath been too cold and temperate, | My blood hath beene too cold and temperate, |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.30 | Whiles yet the cool and temperate wind of grace | Whiles yet the coole and temperate Wind of Grace |
| King John | KJ II.i.195 | Peace, lady! Pause, or be more temperate. | Peace Lady, pause, or be more temperate, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.12 | Such temperate order in so fierce a cause, | Such temperate order in so fierce a cause, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.105 | Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, | Who can be wise, amaz'd, temp'rate, & furious, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.287 | She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. | Shee is not hot, but temperate as the morne, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.132 | Come temperate nymphs, and help to celebrate | Come temperate Nimphes, and helpe to celebrate |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.147 | But there was more temperate fire under the | But there was more temperate fire vnder the |