"The Unitarian clergy had given to the College a character of moderation, balance, judgment, restraint, what the French called mesure; excellent traits, which the College attained with singular success, so that its graduates could commonly be recognised by the stamp, but such a type of character rarely lent itself to autobiography."
"Even Saint Bernard would have thought his ideas wanting in that "mesure" which the French mind so much prizes."
"(What happens on the day after?) - celui qui a bu outre mesure a - “la gueule-de-bois” (= 'a hangover ')"