Famous quotes containing the words excellent and/or master:
“It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.”
—James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851)
“There are many skillful apprentices, but few master workmen.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)