"Temperance is that discreet regulation of the desires and passions, by which we are enabled to enjoy pleasures withou…"

"These names of virtues, with their precepts, were: 1. TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation."

"Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, When once it is within thee; but before Mayst rule it, as thou …"

"My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and b…"

"If all the world Should in a pet of temp'rance, feed on pulse, Drink the clear stream, and nothing wear but frieze, T…"

"Impostor; do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance; she,…"

"Well observe The rule of Not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st."

"O madness to think use of strongest wines And strongest drinks our chief support of health, When God with these forbi…"

"Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow."

"A nation’s ideals are usually a disguise, and are not to be taken as history. Courage and temperance, or manliness(an…"