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Moderation
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“Be not too strict — too far east is west. You may lose all by demanding all. ”
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“All extremes are dangerous.”
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“Why is humanity so excessive in the way it does things? The golden mean seems out of fashion.”
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“Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.”
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“... there is no moderation in the use of what is harmful.”
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“... moderation in all things. And even moderation in moderation. Don't get too much moderation, you know?”
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“... there is nothing upon the face of the earth so insipid as a medium. Give me love or hate! a friend that will go to jail for me, or an enemy that will run me through the body!”
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“The immediate present belongs to the extremists, but the future belongs to the moderates.”
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“I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, 'I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.'”