Virture of Character

In the beginning of Chapter 9 in Book Two, Aristotle states, "It has been said sufficiently, then, that virtue of character is a mean condition, and in what way, namely because it is a mean between two kinds of vice, the one resulting from excess and the other from deficiency, and that it is such a mean condition on account of being apt to hit the mean in feelings and actions." This seems to be a fair explanation of what virtue is. This also suggests that going too far towards deficiency or too far towards excess is not being the most virtuous. I would agree on the first part about going too far towards deficiency would result in a lack of virtue and would not be something worth striving for. However, I don't agree with the latter - that going too far towards excess would be an inordinate amount of virtue and would be something not worth striving for (given that virtue is a means between the two vices). While an over-excess in many things can become destructive (excess desires of food, etc.), I think virtue is something different. It seems reasonable that you would want to be virtuous in excess (all the way) then be in the middle of the two vices. The more virtue you have, even in excess, the better.