"Indeed, moderation is my middle name (though..." - Quote by W C Fields

“Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.”

“I always made up my own acts; built them out of my knowledge and observation of real life. I'd had wonderful opportunities to study people; and every time I went out on the stage I tried to show the audience some bit of true human nature.”

“I never met a kid I liked.”

“He who laughs.....lasts.”

“Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me quite nervous.”

“In jest, there is truth.”

“Allow not nature more than nature needs.”

“I never smoke to excess - that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.”

“To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.”