Famous quotes containing the words excellent and/or master:
“I have had no other treasure in this world than to see you once perfect and complete, as much in virtue, honesty and wisdom, as in all free and honest learning, and so leave you after my death like a mirror representing my person—your father—if not as excellent in fact as I would wish, certainly so in desire.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)
“Ae spring brought off her master hale,
But left behind her ain grey tail:”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)