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Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Going beyond is as bad as falling short.

To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.

It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken.

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess.

Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

There is moderation even in excess.

To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.

He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.

It is better to rise from life as from a banquet--neither thirsty nor drunken.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

Moderation is a fatal thing: nothing succeeds like excess.