Quotes about Moderation

Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye.

I don't do alcohol anymore — I get the same effect just standing up fast.

Your body is a temple, not a drive-through.

The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

Seek not out the things that are too hard for thee, neither search the things that are above thy strength.

Labor not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me.

Give me neither poverty nor riches.

In dog beers, I've only had one.

Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

It's just like when you've got some coffee that's too black, which means it's too strong. What do you do? You integrate it with cream, you make it weak. But if you pour too much cream in it, you won't even know you ever had coffee. It used to be hot, it becomes cool. It used to be strong, it becomes weak. It used to wake you up, now it puts you to sleep.