The work under our labour grows
Luxurious by restraint. [ Milton ]

A man under no restraint is a bear without a ring. [ Proverb ]

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint. [ Webster ]

Daring to face all hardships, the human race dashes through every human and divine restraint. [ Horace ]

As surfeit is the father of much fast, so every scope by the immoderate use turns to restraint. [ William Shakespeare ]

Restraint of discipline, emulation, examples of virtue and of justice, form the education of the world. [ Burke ]

No man can possibly improve in any company for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint. [ Chesterfield ]

By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused: the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint. [ Propertius ]

Error soon passes away, unless upheld by restraint on thought. History tells us (and the lesson is invaluable) that the physical force which has put down free inquiry has been the main bulwark of the superstitions and illusions of past ages. [ Channing ]

Genius is that power of man which by its deeds and actions gives laws and rules; and it does not, as used to be thought, manifest itself only by over-stepping existing laws, breaking established rules, and declaring itself above all restraint. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

The intelligence of affection is carried on by the eye only; good-breeding has made the tongue falsify the heart, and act a part of continued restraint, while nature has preserved the eyes to herself, that she may not be disguised or misrepresented. [ Addison ]

Every man must think in his own way; for on his own pathway he always finds a truth, or a measure of truth, which is helpful to him in his life; only he must not follow his own bent without restraint; he must control himself; to follow mere naked instinct does not beseem a man. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]