| AW II.iv.42 | [Parolles to Helena] Whose want and whose delay is strewed with sweets, / Which they distil now in the curbed time |
| E3 II.i.159 | [King Edward to Lodowick, of the Countess] she breeds sweets as plenteous as the sun [i.e. as much as the sun does] |
| Ham V.i.239 | [Gertrude to dead Ophelia] Sweets to the sweet! [first instance] |
| R3 IV.iv.10 | [Queen Elizabeth as if to the Princes] My unblown flowers, new-appearing sweets! |