The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature, which ought to be worshiped and admired by all mankind.
What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.
There is an excellent correlation between giving society what it wants and making money, and almost no correlation between the desire to make money and how much money one makes.
Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
I agree that two and two make four is an excellent thing; but to give everything its due, two and two make five is also a very fine thing.
There have been many most excellent poets that have never versified, and now swarm many versifiers that need never answer to the name of poets.
The U. S. is excellent at importing cheap products from the rest of the world. Let's try importing some human capital instead.
I should be very much obliged if you would slip your revolver into your pocket. An Eley's No. 2 is an excellent argument with gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into knots. That and a tooth-brush are, I think, all that we need.
You know Mildred would never do anything wrong or foolish. I reflected a little sadly that this was only too true and hoped I did not appear too much that kind of person to others. Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing.
There is an excellent way to make predictions without the slightest risk of error: predict the past.
Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent. I therefore show you only the best works; and when you are grounded in these, you will have a standard for the rest, which you will know how to value, without overrating them.
There's one thing I'm really good at, and that's hitting the ball over a net, in a box. I'm excellent.
The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
In the past, (GM) produced a lot of very excellent vehicles but somehow they didn't excite anybody.
Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them.
Home's the most excellent place of all.
Learning that you have stamina is an excellent thing to know. If a project fails, I know I can pick myself up.
The verdict on Prince Metternich will soon be out: An excellent diplomat and a bad politician.
Of all the excellent teachers of college English whom I have known I have never discovered one who knew precisely what he was doing. Therein have lain their power and their charm.
A good Traceur trains until heshe gets it right. An excellent Traceur trains until heshe cannot get it wrong.