A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

- Alexander Hamilton

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

- Charles Caleb Colton

I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.

- Francesca Annis

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.

- Jane Austen

Government has a rightful role, but not an excessive role, to play.

- Jeff Fortenberry

Psychoanalytic investigation has shown that in mental patients excessive affection often turns to violent hostility.

- Karl Abraham

Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.

- Saint Ignatius

I'm not really attracted to a big, jacked guy. I think that's a little excessive.

- Stacy Keibler

An excessive amount of my time is taken with political involvement. It's unavoidable; that's my temperament.

- Wole Soyinka