• It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.

    Marcus Tullius Cicero: It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.
    "De Officiis". Treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero, I. 26, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 637-38, 44 B.C..