One study found that students who studied in an intoxicated state were able to recall the information better when they were intoxicated than when they were sober!
I left Madame Vulpes' house in a state of painful excitement. Where would I find a diamond that large? All my family's money could not buy a diamond like that.
To hear all this, Wilhelm, uttered by her in a voice of the most sincere sympathy, awakened all my passions; and I am still in a state of extreme excitement.
The slightly jarring conclusion is that, even as share prices have returned close to their all-time highs, the extreme exuberance that drove them to such levels in the first place has faded.