Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

I think I invented the phrase 'Don't overdo it.'

Never exaggerate, but express your feelings with moderation.

There are limits beyond which your folly will not carry you.

Wisdom has its excesses, and has no less need of moderation than folly.

Be moderate in everything, including moderation.

Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.'

There is moderation even in excess.

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

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

You must be wise, but not too wise.

I've always believed in having a sense of balance and stealth.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

Imagination, the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much.

You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back.

Everyone talks about moderation. How about some moderation in moderation?

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

When a thing is not worth overdoing, leave it alone!

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

Everything in moderation.

Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.

I have to be careful not to excite people.

Moderation in all things..

Everything depends on knowing how much,” she said, and “Good is knowing when to stop.