Moderation is a fatal thing: nothing succeeds like excess.

Moderation is a fatal thing: nothing succeeds like excess.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

There is moderation even in excess.

There is moderation even in excess.

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

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

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

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