Francis Quarles Quotes

It's unrealistic not to be able to indulge.

If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.

I don't believe in depriving yourself of things you want.

Imagination, the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much.

Use, do not abuse... neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

Everything in moderation - that's what I live by.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

Everything in moderation.

I do everything in moderation.

Allow yourself a few parties, but be mindful the rest of the time.

Without asceticism, self-indulgence would be insignificant.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

There is moderation even in excess.

I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

Moderation is the secret of survival.

I think I invented the phrase 'Don't overdo it.'

As far as pleasures, you've got to have limits. You shouldn't have too much of good things, so you'll always have a desire for more and you won't get bored.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane.

You know, I live a monastic lifestyle. No, I do. I do live in extremes, basically. I go back and forth. Once every six months, I'll have a day where I eat more chocolate than has ever been consumed by a human being.