| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.21 | Salt Cleopatra, soften thy waned lip! | Salt Cleopatra soften thy wand lip, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.1 | Oft have I heard that grief softens the mind, | Oft haue I heard that greefe softens the mind, |
| 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 |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.79 | As seek to soften that – than which what's harder? – | As seeke to soften that, then which what harder? |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.44 | Her salt tears fell from her and softened the stones – | Her salt teares fell from her, and softned the stones, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.115 | And in my temper softened valour's steel! | And in my temper softned Valours steele. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.79 | Whose golden touch could soften steel and stones, | Whose golden touch could soften steele and stones; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.40 | How he may soften at the sight o'th' child: | How he may soften at the sight o'th' Childe: |