moderation

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

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Moderation is best in all things.

Moderation in all things.

I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, 'I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.'

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits; on his manhood; he has gained the facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

A really great man is known by three signs - generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.