Quotes About Moderation

Some things will not bear much zeal; and the more earnest we are about them, the less we recommend ourselves to the approbation of sober and considerate men.

If a man is right, he can't be too radical; if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative.

What a lot of things there are a man can do without.

Those men who destroy a healthful constitution of body by intemperance as manifestly kill themselves as those who hang or poison or drown themselves.

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

Be a pattern to others, and then all will go well; for as a whole city is affected by the licentious passions and vices of great men, so it is likewise reformed by their moderation.

Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further.

Guys you have way too much invested in sport. Guys you are not the tenth man. You're a machine for turning beer into piss that's what you are!

I got plenty of cautions that one or two of these marathons was all a man should do in a lifetime.

The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this.

At the punch-bowl's brink, let the thirsty think, what they say in Japan: first the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man!

Any man who eats dessert is not drinking enough.

One meal a day is enough for a lion, and it ought to be for a man.

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.

Too much liberty corrupts us all.

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.

do not try to get so much that you achieve nothing. Look

recommend starting with only two to four

If junk food is the devil, then a sweet orange is as scripture.

Reality is too much to take in heapfuls, but sprinkle it sparingly upon life's path and most can tread it lightly.

It is true that too much belief can be bad for your health.

If it is true that we need a degree of certainty to get by, it is also true that too much of the stuff can be lethal.

After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good that he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: when you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.