Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
?Benjamin Franklin
To many, total abstinence is easier
than perfect moderation.
?St. Augustine
Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue,
but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
?Francois de Salignac Fenelon
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but
moderation in principle is always a vice.
?Thomas Paine
Going beyond is as bad as falling short.
?Chinese Proverb
To go beyond the bounds of moderation
is to outrage humanity.
?Blaise Pascal
It is better to rise from life as from a
banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken.
?Aristotle
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness,
and prefer things in measure to things in excess.
?Seneca
Moderation is a fatal thing. . . .
Nothing succeeds like excess.
?Oscar Wilde
Only actions give life strength;
only moderation gives it charm.
?Jean Paul Richter
Temperance is moderation in the things that are good
and total abstinence from the things that are foul.
?Frances E. Willard
The choicest pleasures of life lie
within the ring of moderation.
?Martin Tupper
There is moderation even in excess.
?Benjamin Disraeli
