The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
Long is the road from conception to completion.
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.