Quotes About Temperance

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

Wise is the man who says what needs to be said, but not all that could be said.

Beware of the fury of the patient man.

The gospel chargeth us with piety towards God, and justice and charity to men, and temperance and chastity in reference to ourselves.

Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in that of men.

It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will...in a dull man.

There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.

If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.

It is little the sign of a wise or good man, to suffer temperance to be transgressed in order to purchase the repute of a generous entertainer.

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart grief of memory; against our pleasure we are temperate.

A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions.

No man can make haste to be rich without going against the will of God, in which case it is the one frightful thing to be successful.

A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if he drank.

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love for water, but should we not pity him.

I hold this as a rule of life: Too much of anything is bad.

The 12-step chocolate program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!

Don't drink; it's bad for you.

A feverish display of over-zeal, At the first outset, is an obstacle To all success; water, however cold, Will penetrate the ground by slow degrees.

Frugality should ever be practised, but not excessive parsimony.

There are three things which, in great quantity, are bad, and, in little, very good: leaven, salt, and liberality.

I'm not someone who feels anger on particular issues.

The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice; rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than the man who is striving to conquer himself.