"Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.”

“Sometimes in our relationship to another human being the proper balance of friendship is restored when we put a few grains of impropriety onto our own side of the scale.”

“A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.”

“It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not that he is morally stronger, but that he is intellectually weaker. He is not more virtuous. He is simply more foolish.”

“Many bad policies are simply good policies taken too far.”

“It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen.”

“Suit the action to the word : the word to the action : with this special observance that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature.”

“It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.”

“My advice to girls: first, don't smoke - to excess; second, don't drink - to excess; third, don't marry - to excess.”