Too much even of a good thing lessens it in our esteem, and scarcity, even of an indifferent, makes it of some estimation.[translation by John Willis Clark]For abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued; and scarcity, even in the case of what is bad, confers a certain value.[translation by John Ormsby][Que la abundancia de las cosas, aunque sean buenas, hace que no se estimen, y la carestía, aun de las malas, se estima en algo.]
Source:(ed. 1871), Part II, Prologue, Page 318; (ed. 1885), Part II, Prologue, Volume III, Page 8
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