Quotes About Moderation

It seems to me that the most delightful walk of life is to be found in a household of moderate means, to live there with an obliging spouse and to be satisfied with little.

as scientifically sound health advice, "Everything in moderation" is as nourishing as white bread. The very people who need to eat more moderately are also the ones who seem to have the most difficulty actually doing so.

Hangovers had a way of teaching people that drinking alcohol was not a good idea.

Better is half a loaf than no bread.

Cut my coat after my cloth.

Give me women, wine and snuff Until I cry out hold, enough You may do so san objection Till the day of resurrection; For bless my beard then aye shall be My beloved Trinity.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

I'm not deeply ideologically driven. I believe in good center-right politics.

You are never as bad as "they" say you are.....You are never as good as "they" say you are........YOU ARE SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN.

If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands.

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

Be valiant, but not too venturous. Let thy attire be comely, but not costly.

doesn't enjoy food that is aggressively healthy

I lead a life of severe self-control mitigated by moments of impulse.

Just remember when temptation comes your way that a boy will drink beyond his means and a man will know when he's had enough." "Yes

Already he knew that to overdo a thing is to destroy it.

Wohltätigkeit ist nur einer andere Art, dafür zu sorgen, dass Menschen nicht nach mehr streben.

Festina Lente (Hurry in slowly)

there is usually a course to be found somewhere between laid-back and laid out.

I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.

Aristotle's theory of the mean seems simple-minded; or to quote Bertrand Russell again, common sense pedantically expressed. However, if we change the word mean to proportion, we get closer to what Aristotle must have meant—and large parts of his Ethics as well as his Politics make more sense. The mean represents not so much a literal middle point as striking a balance between conflicting impulses and choices, and seeing our way through to the other side.

Ella no es de melancolías o nostalgias, ni de culto a fantasmas; tiene demasiada conciencia de la necesaria economía de los sentimientos.

One cannot both feast and become rich.

But I don't do the diet thing anymore. I'm a big believer in feeding your body what it needs. Deny yourself something and you're going to end up shoving your face full of it.