Temperance is the virtue that consists in the moderation of appetites and the attraction exerted by pleasures. Aristotle says: temperance occupies the middle between disorder and insensitivity in terms of pleasures.

In the Mandala of Emotions temperance belongs to the family of virtues. Temperance and prudence are daughters of passion. When passion is regulated, prudence and temperance are born.

The good exercise of virtue leads us to happiness, the bad exercise of virtue to the loss of happiness. This depends on the mode, the occasion and the duration of the emotion.

We must eat and drink in such moderation that our strength is restored and not recharged.

When you get drunk, do it halfway; the half open flower is prettier, with half sails the ships sail well.

It's when you hit rock bottom that you come to know who you are, and where you start to set foot.

Even misfortunes must be felt in moderation.

It cannot be said that he who lived and died unnoticed lived badly.

Firmness is lucid virility, different from blind stubbornness.

The vigor of the soul, like that of the body, is the fruit of temperance.

The eagerness, even of very good things, must be tempered and rested.

Let your wits be without bite, your jokes without vileness, your laugh without guffaws.

The drop pierces the rock, not because of its strength but because of its constancy.

The safest power is one that knows how to impose moderation on its forces.

Keep more than you teach, say less than you know, lend less than you have.

Moderation and tolerance govern the heart and disarm discontent.

In tempering and contemplating, the most time you have to spend.

A character tempered by adversity; serene in the fight and magnanimous in victory.

Observe moderation: proportionate is best in all things.

Moderation is the state of the soul that is master of itself.

Strength grows in proportion to charge.

It takes a strong spirit to maintain moderation when things are going well for us.

True freedom consists in self-control.

The moderation of happy people is due to the placidity that good fortune gives to their temperament.

We become temperate, performing acts of temperance; brave, performing acts of bravery.

Tempered is the one who feels bad passions and knows how to apply his right reason to them.

Just is not the one who does not commit any injustice, but the one who, being able to be unjust, does not want to be.

It is characteristic of a great soul to despise great things and prefer the moderate to the excessive.

It's good to get used to fatigue and running, but you don't have to force the march.

Everything that is exaggerated is therefore diminished.

Is intemperate who cannot control his greed.

Whoever abstains from all excess of pleasures out of fear, this is no longer called temperance.

It's embarrassing not to be able to endure fatigues endured by weaker people.

Impatience and inconstancy destroy the highest purposes.

When audacity exceeds the limit of moderation, it hangs from an unstable point.

Even resentment should be felt in moderation.

All love that is exaggerated, for the same reason is diminished.

If you don't want much, even small things will seem big to you.

It is the impetus of passions that slides sanity, and there is the risk of getting lost.

Those who cannot contain their anger can be called intemperate.

Measure or control becomes bad if it forces us to maintain a false opinion.

If your pride is not tempered, he will be your greatest punishment.

Enthusiasm that is not tempered destroys itself.

Not everyone knows how to have their assets. It's not just about winning them, but about preventing excess from destroying you.

There is also a middle ground in moderation, and whoever does not find it is the victim of an error similar to that of someone who exceeds it out of abandon.

The sentences of this article are distributed throughout the Oracle of the Soul.