From abundance springs satiety.
Profusion gives pleasure up to a point; then we become squeamish.
Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.
Every year law schools churn out thousands of lawyers. We don't need any more lawyers. We need more lawyers like we need more talk-show hosts.
Our economy's growth functions by inciting us to produce more and more with each passing year. In turn, we require cultural forms to enable us to sort through the glut, and our rituals are once again directed towards the immaterial, towards quality and not quantity.
My relief of mind would be tremendous if we just had too much of something besides patriotism and spirit.
The only soldier ever so honored. He was then the Chief of Staff of the Army.
There is such a thing as having too much of a good thing.
The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
Too much may be the equivalent of none at all.
The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit, not by want.