Gabby Barrett Quotes

Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest.

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

Keep the golden mean between saying too much and too little.

Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.

Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.

I love my cigar too, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while.

Take your patience pill ...You can be joyous, but you can't be a jackass.

You must have discipline to have fun.

Man should bear in mind and ponder over the Greek admonition - Not Too Much, Not Too Little.

In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.

Let reason govern desire.

Speech is better than silence; silence is better than speech.

Drink without getting drunk Love without suffering jealousy Eat without overindulging Never argue And once in a while, with great discretion, misbehave

Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.

Pleasure is like a cordial - a little of it is not injurious, but too much destroys.

Moderation is a fear of falling into that envy and contempt which those who grow giddy with their good fortune quite justly draw upon themselves. It is a vain boasting of the greatness of our mind.

Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.

Preserve me from unseasonable and immoderate sleep.

Intemperance is the plaque of sensuality, and temperance is not its bane but its seasoning.

Chastity - you can carry it too far.

As we all know, too much of any divine thing is destruction

Too much of anything, even a good thing, may prove to be our undoing...[We] need ...to set definite boundaries on our appetites.

Hold fast then to this sound and wholesome rule of life; indulge the body only as far as is needful for health.

Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it I even carry it so far as to totally abstain from total abstinence itself.