Quotes About Moderation

And be content with such things as ye have.

To be content with little is difficult to be content with much impossible.

There's a fine line between giving the sense of freedom and being too free.

In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly, squirting half the house in order to water a single rose.

When having a smackerel of something with a friend, don't eat so much that you get stuck in the doorway trying to get out.

I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

I don't have a drinking problem. I drink. I get drunk. I fall down, no problem.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?

Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root.

By gaining self-knowledge we gain the ability to know when to press hard and when to pull back. Self-knowledge informs us of our limits.

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.

A book does not make bad jokes, drink too much or eat more than you can afford to pay for.

Experience has two things to teach: the first is that we must correct a great deal; the second, that we must not correct too much

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.

Eat - well is drink - well's brother

Kitchen wisdom: Count your blessings but count your calories too.

Never order food in excess of your body weight.

It's nice to eat a good hunk of beef but you want a light dessert, too.

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.