The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!
There is moderation even in excess.
Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.
Golf at its measured pace permits an electric excess of mental activity.
Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming.
Sensual excess drives out pity in man.
In economies with excess productive capacity, targeted investment can yield a double benefit, generating short-run demand and boosting growth and productivity thereafter.