Horace Quotes

Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending.

The best condition in life is to be not so rich as to be envied nor so poor as to be damned.

I am never rich in money, and I am never meanly poor.

Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune.

You gotta take care of yourself; you can't do anything in excess.

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.

You don't try to do more than you should.

Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.

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

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.

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

I think not focusing on money makes you sane because in the long run it can probably drive you crazy.

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

Our incomes should be like our shoes; if too small, they will gall and pinch us; but if too large, they will cause us to stumble and to trip.

One of the tricks of life is to have sense and money in roughly equal proportions.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.

In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.

They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?

The point is that you can't be too greedy.

A small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.

I do everything in moderation.

We shall have to practise to lead our life on the basis of our needs, not under the influence of our greed.

I don't need to amass a ton of wealth for myself.