Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

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

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

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

The virtue in most request is conformity.

The virtue in most request is conformity.

Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains

Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores