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

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

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Pedantry is the showy display of knowledge which crams our heads with learned lumber and then takes out our brains read more

Pedantry is the showy display of knowledge which crams our heads with learned lumber and then takes out our brains to make room for it.

I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like this, is a sort of read more

I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like this, is a sort of treason

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, read more

Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

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

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

Simple is better.

Simple is better.