Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.

—W. Somerset Maugham

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother.

—W. Somerset Maugham

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

—W. Somerset Maugham

The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.

—W. Somerset Maugham

When I was young, I was amazed at Plutarch’s statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.

—W. Somerset Maugham

Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.

—Pat Paulsen

The middle of the road is where the white line is-and that's the worst place to drive.

—Robert Frost

Everything in moderation, including moderation.

—Julia Child

Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.

—English proverb

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

—Donald Trump