"Moderation resembles temperance. We are not so..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own.”

“What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.”

“The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.”

“Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish - don't overdo it.”

“Chastity - you can carry it too far.”

“Moderation in all things - including moderation.”

“Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace. Leave gormandizing.”

“Boys should abstain from all use of wine until their eighteenth year, for it is wrong to add fire to fire.”

“Moderation is like sobriety: you would like to have some more, but are afraid of making yourself ill.”