Quotes About Temperance

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

No, no, no, no. Don't get carried away, man. One thaw is not the summer.

I keep my emotions to myself. I have never lost my temper in public, I have never wept in public.

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.

I don't come from a space where I gush and praise - the world is doing enough of that.

I prefer highs and lows to an even keel. Moderation is never something I've been good at.

It's not my personality to brag in any way or be pretentious. It's just not my nature.

I learnt not to be desperate in bad times and am learning not to be bullish when times are good.

As we grow up and we're developing, our ego needs to be contained, otherwise we'd all be selfish two- and three-year-olds, screaming every time we didn't get our way.

Maintaining dignity and staying calm in a show like 'Bigg Boss' is a very big task.

I've never, ever tasted beer.

in a great show of self-control, I stopped myself from telling him to fuck off.

We make too much of the good and too much of the bad.

Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root.

The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.

You never could tell what a man would do when he was drunk, even if that man was your own self.

Letting emotions go clouds judgment for a moment, but holding them in clouds it always. Just

be hostile unless you must, Moiraine had said, but above all never be overly friendly. Never be eager

Her advice is much like pepper, I think . . . excellent in small quantities but rather scorching in her doses.

But betray too eager curiosity she would not.

If there is a defining characteristic of a man as opposed to a boy, maybe it's patience.

I didn't know what to say to that, so i kept my mouth shut. When in doubt,shut the fuck up.

I decided not to answer on the grounds that I might piss someone off.

When in doubt, shut the fuck up.