Benjamin Franklin Quotes

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

Temperance in everything is requisite for happiness.

Ask the gods nothing excessive.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

If you want to be happy, live discreetly. Does that make sense in English?

My faith helped me stay grounded in defeat and victory, to not get too excited about the successes and too low about the failures.

He who is content with a moderate victory is always most successful; for those who would more than conquer, commonly lose.

When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far.

Do nothing immoderate.

Do not be eager for things above.

Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.

Everything in moderation, and there's a perfect balance in this life if we can find it.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

You must be wise, but not too wise.

My motto is: Live every day to the fullest - in moderation.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Whatever you want too much you can't have, so when you really want something, try to want it a little less.

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

Turning one's back on stardom might be the highest form of common sense. One that I would aspire to be more complete with.