“Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing.”

“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.”

“Excellence is an ArtWon by Training and Habit.We do not act rightlyBecause we have Virtue and Excellence,But rather, we have Virtue and ExcellenceBecause we act rightly.”

“The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving (to the contrary), the low place which all men dislike.”

“I agree that two times two makes four is an excellent thing; but if we are dispensing praise, then two times two makes five is sometimes a most charming little thing as well.”

“Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.”