| AW I.i.104 | [Helena to herself] full oft we see / Cold wisdom waiting on superfluous folly |
| H8 I.i.99.1 | [Abergavenny to Norfolk, of the wavering treaty between England and France] A proper title of a peace, and purchased / At a superfluous rate! |
| Ham IV.v.97 | [Claudius to Gertrude, of Laertes' arrival] this, / Like to a murdering-piece, in many places / Gives me superfluous death |
| Per I.iv.54 | [Cleon to Dionyza, of prosperous cities] their superfluous riots |