We get blows and return them.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
If you know anything better than this candidly impart it; if not, use this with me.
Virtuosi have been long remarked to have little conscience in their favorite pursuits. A man will steal a rarity who would cut off his hand rather than take the money it is worth. Yet, in fact, the crime is the same.
There is measure in all things.