| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Sweet |
| | | After sweet meat comes sour sauce. | 1 |
| All sweets are not wholesome. | 2 |
| Every white will have its black and every sweet its sour. Old Song. | 3 |
| He deserves not sweet that will not taste of sour. | 4 |
| He is worthy of sweet who has tasted bitter. Danish. | 5 |
| He who has not tasted bitter knows not what sweet is. German. | 6 |
| He who hath bitter in his breast spits not sweet. | 7 |
| No sweet without some bitter. | 8 |
| Short and sweet. | 9 |
| Sweetmeat must have sour sauce. Italian. | 10 |
| Sweets to the sweet. Shakespeare. | 11 |
| That is not always sweet in the maw that is sweet in the mouth. | 12 |
| That which is bitter to endure may be sweet to remember. | 13 |
| The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets. Gay. | 14 |
| There is no sweet without sour. German. | 15 |
| What is sweet in the mouth is not always good in the stomach. Danish. | 16 |
| Who has tasted a sour apple will have the more relish for a sweet one. German. | 17 |
| Who hath bitter in his mouth spits not all sweet. | 18 | | |
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