Moderation.

Avoid excess in all its forms.

Lets explore the importance of avoiding excess and indulgence in our lives. Allow everyday actions to become the background to our lives, rather than the center piece. By focusing on moderation and cultivating the mind, you will lead yourself towards a more fulfilling life.

Wealth is not one of the good things. Moderation is.

Moderation invites to frugality and the acquisition of good things: but wealth invites to great expenditure and draws us away from moderation. It is more difficult for a rich man to be moderate, or for a moderate man to be rich.

Act as if life is a dinner party.

At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: "I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for."