The Odyssey of Homer. Book xiv. Line 410.

And wine can of their wits the wise beguile,

Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.

The Odyssey of Homer. Book xiv. Line 520.

Who love too much, hate in the like extreme,

And both the golden mean alike condemn.

The Odyssey of Homer. Book xv. Line 79.

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True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest,—

Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.[346:1]