Consult the Genius of the Place in all.
Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.
Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.
They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.
In lazy apathy let stoics boast, their virtue fixed, 'tis fixed as in a frost.
On wrongs swift vengeance waits.