Saint Bernard Quotes

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

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

Moderation is the secret of survival.

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

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

Moderation in all things..

You have to know when to stop - that's wisdom.

Do nothing immoderate.

Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

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.

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.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

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

You must be wise, but not too wise.

It's a wise thing to hold back.

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

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

You can be very wild and still be very wise.

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