Aristotle Quotes on Moderation
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The vices respectively fall short of or exceed what is right in both passions and actions, while virtue both finds and chooses that which is intermediate.
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Any one can get angry - that is easy - or give or spend money; but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not for every one, nor is it easy.
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It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.