"Moderation in all things - including moderation...." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.”

“Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.”

“A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.”

“Moderation resembles temperance. We are not so unwilling to eat more, as afraid of doing ourselves harm by it.”

“I have three treasures that I cherish. The first is compassion. The second is moderation. The third is not claiming to be first in the world.”

“I always believe in going hard at everything, whether it is Latin or mathematics, boxing or football, but at the same time I want to keep the sense of proportion. It is never worth while to absolutely exhaust one's self or to take big chances unless for an adequate object. I want you to keep in training the faculties which would make you, if the need arose, able to put your last ounce of pluck and strength into a contest. But I do not want you to squander these qualities.”

“Maximum individuality within maximum community”

“The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.”

“To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness, indeed.”