After whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise.

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.

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

In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.

Much study is a weariness of the flesh.

The king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee.