Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
Any policy that is extreme we must avoid.
Observe moderation [or: Keep balanced]. [Halt Mass!]
This was an old principle of Aristotle's.
Do nothing immoderate.
Most safely shall you tread the middle path.
You will go most safely in the middle.
I never say 'never,' and I never say 'always.'
You want to stay even-keel. When you get too high, when you get too low, that's when things tend to go wrong.
Keep to the middle if you wish to keep moderation. The mid way is the safe way. Moderation abides in the mean, and moderation is virtue. Every abiding place outside the bounds of moderation is only exile to the wise man.
Let him know how to choose the mean and avoid the extremes on either side, as far as possible. . . . For this is the way of happiness.
