Quotes About Moderation

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.

Be not sick too late, nor well too soon

Tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.

Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.

Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.

Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried with fewer tensions and more tolerance.

My companion at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with his bread and cheese, a pint between breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o'clock, and another when he had done his day's work.

It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.

Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou owest, all thou hast, nor all thou canst.

He that drinks fast, pays slow.

nothing more bondage than too much liberty.

Rather go to bed supperless, than in debt.

You may think, perhaps, that a little tea, or a little punch now and then, diet a little more costly, clothes a little finer, and a little more entertainment now and then can be no great matter but remember what Poor Richard says "Many a little makes a mickle; beware of little expense for a small leak will sink a great ship.

240. If thou wouldest be Happy, bring thy Mind to thy Condition, and have an Indifferency for more than what is sufficient.

where there is more Sail than Ballast.

Rarely use [sex] but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation.

We advise tea for the whole nation and for every nation. We advise men and women to drink tea daily; hour by hour if possible; beginning with ten cups a day, and increasing the dose to the utmost quantity that the stomach can contain and the kidneys eliminate. [Quoting Dr. Cornelius Buntekuh, Dutch physician in the pay of the Dutch East India Company, c. 1680]

Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.

I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease to accomplish anything productive, would quickly dispense with all human contact, and would very well end up with a nasty case of arthritis in my over-used digits from constant gameplay.

I try to not be too hard on myself regarding my diet. I've always been a workout-to-eat kind of a girl.

I try to not be too hard on myself regarding my diet. I've always been a workout-to-eat kind of a girl. I like to eat, to say the least.

I'm not an extremist. And I disagree with Saudis who are calling for regime change and stuff like that.

I'm straightlaced, don't do drugs, stick to my regimen.