Quotes About Moderation

Sit up to slow down,

Moderately wise a man should be— don't wish for too much wisdom; a man's heart is seldom happy if he is truly wise. Moderately wise a man should be— don't wish for too much wisdom; if you can't see far into the future, you can live free from care.32

There's something impoverished in those who want to really have everything.

You can never be too subtle, and you can never be too simple.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.

The older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be. I tend to walk a middle ground.

You don't want to make a steady diet of just lettuce. You don't want to make a steady diet of fried chicken.

We can only go to the limits of ourselves. Anything more and we give too much away. Then we're not good for anyone.

We can only go to the limits of ourselves—I've learned that if nothing else. Anything more and we give too much away. Then we're not good for anyone. - Beryl Markham

We can only go to the limits of ourselves—I've learned that if nothing else. Anything more and we give too much away. Then we're not good for anyone." "She may have to sell the

We can only go to the limits of ourselves—I've learned that if nothing else. Anything more and we give too much away. Then we're not good for anyone.

I'm drinking a Diet Coke, because frankly I ate a whole box of Pop Tarts yesterday and this will take it away.

There is nothing I need from the shop, and this is not the day for social profligacy.

There are some things with alcohol you must never do. You must never drink alone, never drink on Sundays, never drink before seven o'clock and if you do, it has to be on a Saturday.

He will find, moreover, a system of simple diet to be a system of perfect epicurism.

Drinking responsibly' doesn't have to mean not drinking enough. It can mean having a bit of self-respect, a bigger, better laugh while you're drinking and a clearer memory of it the next morning. Maybe

Some of the most beautiful things of life – sex, food, exercise, conversation, learning, and work – lose their quality because our frenzied pace makes it impossible to savor them. Rarely do we slow down long enough to digest the full pleasure of these activities.

Junk food, junk religion, and junk products just leads to excessive numbers of junk people living junk lifestyles.

and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.

Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.

Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.

If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.

It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out oneís own glory.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,