if these four things dryness heat cold and moisture increase or decrease a defect will enter into him from his side. but if they are balanced in him his nature will be upright and his instincts will be good during the time of some of them and none of them will be superior to his peers his kindness his expansion his ease his indulgence his playfulness his laughter his impatience and his idleness.
فإن هذه الأشياء الأربعة من اليبوسة، والحرارة، والبرودة، والرطوبة زاد أو نقص، دخل عليه العيب من ناحيته. فإذا اعتدلت فيه استقامت فطرته وحسنت غريزته حين دهر بعضها بعضا ولم يعل شيئا منها أقرانه، ومعروفه، وتوسعه، وسهولته، وترسله، ولعبه، وضحكه، وجزعه، وبطالته.