E4P42
Proposition — Part IV
Latin
Hilaritas excessum habere nequit sed semper bona est et contra melancholia semper mala.
English (Elwes 1883)
Mirth cannot be excessive, but is always good; contrariwise, Melancholy is always bad.
Modern English
Cheerfulness cannot have excess and is always good; melancholy, on the contrary, is always bad.