David Droga Quotes

The best things carried to excess are wrong.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

When all choices seem wrong, choose restraint.

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

My theory is that balance is key - nothing in excess.

I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.

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

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

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

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

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

Moderation is never something I've been good at.

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

Everything in moderation - that's what I live by.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

Moderation in all things..

I do everything in moderation.

I have such a temperament that I cannot do anything in excess.

There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.

The boundary of man is moderation. When once we pass that pale our guardian angel quits his charge of us.

Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.

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

To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly, squirting half the house in order to water a single rose.

Self-control is one of the most exhilarating of pleasures.