Quotes About Moderation

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. We must beware of thinking of good and evil as absolute opposites.

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.

My heart says chocolate and wine, but my jeans say "For the love of all that is good, eat a salad!"

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough; and when you have enough, you have self-respect.

Against diseases here the strongest fence Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail... Simplify, simplify.

Laß uns faul in allen Sachen, nur nicht faul zu Lieb und Wein, nur nicht faul zur Faulheit sein.

The excess of virtue is a vice.

Milk the cow, but do not pull off the udder.

We learn precisely enough to keep us from wanting to know any more

I love my cigar too, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while.

Too much stress is bad, but occasional stress is good – it's the zest of life.

Perfection is the enemy of the good.

I have written much less than most people who write; I have drunk much more than most people who drink.

Like any pendulum worth its weight, received opinion finds it difficult to swing from one extreme position and settle directly in the middle, without first hurtling all the way to the opposite extreme.

The next time you think that there's something that you "can't live without", wait for a week and then see if you're still alive or not

I drink exactly as much as I want, and one drink more.

Are you a strict t.t.? says Joe. —Not taking anything between drinks, says I.

Marty, my mother used to say Never get greedy with God. I think what she meant was Don't dare ask for more if you already have what you need.

I shift between Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat probably 250 times a day, which probably isn't healthy, but I'm unfortunately addicted.

If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.

As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy.

I don't have an unhealthy lifestyle, but I like carbs.

I don't want to fly the flag for being unhealthy and overweight, but I don't want to fly the flag for being too thin, either.