“Simplicity is an exact medium between too little and too much”
“Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me.”
“One can tip too much as well as too little, indeed the coin that buys the exact truth has not yet been minted.”
“Too much action with too little intent makes for wasteful exertion of energy and the confusion between movement and progress.”
“So this little boy was--I became her confidant a little too early, I think. It didn't seem to warp me exactly, but it left me with a little too much knowledge at an early age. [p. 143]”
“Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.”