Horace Quotes

There is a measure in everything. There are fixed limits beyond which and short of which right cannot find a resting place.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

There is moderation in everything.

I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.

The best things are placed between extremes.

Let a man neither give himself over to pleasures ... nor yet let him give himself over to self-mortification ... To the exclusion of both these extremes, the Truth-Finder has discovered a middle course.

Don't overdo it, don't underdo it. Do it just on the line.

There should be balance in all our actions; to be either extreme or lukewarm is equally bad.

There is measure in all things.

The right way usually lies between two extremes: it is the narrow channel between the rock and the whirlpool.

Be moderate in everything, including moderation.

My theory is that balance is key - nothing in excess.

Everything in moderation, and there's a perfect balance in this life if we can find it.

It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.

I want to keep everything balanced. That's why it's important not to have too much fanfare.

You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important.

Everything in moderation.

Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.

I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.

I do everything in moderation.

You can't ever get too high or too low.

I've always been about the balance - not sacrificing one thing for the other and not being an extremist.

Avoid Extremes; and shun the fault of such Who still are pleas'd too little or too much.

In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.

Keep a mid course between two extremes.