Quotes About Temperance

A little patience always goes a long way.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

To go too far is as bad as not to go far enough.

Imperturbable, resolute, tree-like, slow to speak—such a one is near to Goodness.

There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.

There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth...lust. When he is strong...quarrelsomeness. When he is old...covetousness.

A good decisions are never brought in a state of rage.

I assure you, I am not going to ravage you." He sat back aon his heels. "Not only is it unmanly, and thus un-Scotslike, it's too bloody cold." (Kit MacNeill

As my dear wife occasionally reminds me: "Never miss an opportunity to shut the fuck up.

An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.

It is true that William Blake said that "The Road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom," but they didn't have angel dust back then.

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

I have a number of vices, one of which is moderation.

Virtue in a woman is like pepper in the soup. A little makes for a nice seasoning. But overdo it, and no one wants very much of you.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if he kept his mouth shut.

Assume in adversity a countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate thy temper.

There is NO satisfaction out of instant gratification.

It's a good thing I'm a reasonably patient woman. Otherwise, I might have to kill you.

Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.

No animal ever invented anything so bad as drunkenness — or so good as drink.

Vigorous let us be in attaining our ends, and mild in our method of attainment.

hardly a man ever made a fool of himself by keeping his bloody mouth shut.