summum

• Both sexes are addicted to smoking, and look upon brandy as the summum bonum of human life. —  The Story of Ida Pfeiffer
• The principal practiser of these tactics, the summum bonum, or “good thing,” of the “West Pointers” was General McClellan, “the Little Mac” of his worshipers and “the Little Napoleon” of the dazzled crowd. —  The Lincoln Story Book
• Sounds screwy -- never heard of such a thing -- but it acts like an energy-converter. —  First Lensman
• Therefore, the virtue which the Stoics regard as the summum bonum is the right attitude towards God; and this virtue is the only way to achieve the good life —  Justus Lipsius
• She snatched the loud hailer. —  Haven

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