Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice.
When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.
In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.
Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.