Quotes About Temperance

The wise man never loses his temper.

There is never the body of a man, how strong and stout soever, if it be troubled and inflamed, but will take more harm and offense by wine being poured into it.

There are men steady and wise whose body, words and mind are self-controlled. They are the men of supreme self-control.

Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain.

The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger appeased.

Temperance is a bridle of gold; he, who uses it rightly, is more like a god than a man.

I was daily intoxicated, yet no man could call me intemperate.

A great man is one who can have power and not abuse it.

Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.

Spare your breath to cool your porridge.

Nothing but Money, Is sweeter than Honey.

Money is in some respects like fire; it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master.

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

Money itch is a bad thing. I never had that trouble.

Frugality includes all the other virtues.

It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.

Don't spend your money till you have it.

Happy the Man, who void of Cares and Strife, In Silken, or in Leathern Purse retains A Splendid Shilling: He nor hears with Pain New Oysters cry'd, nor sighs for chearful Ale

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness and industry.

James, the brother of the Lord ... was holy from his mother's womb; and he drank no wine nor strong drink, nor did he eat meat.

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

Music imitates (represents) the passions or states of the soul, such as gentleness, anger, courage, temperance, and their opposites.

O Music! how it grieves me that imprudence, intemperance, gluttony, should open their channels into thy sacred stream.