folly vs moderation

folly

noun
  • Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality. 

  • a pinkish-red color 

  • A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons. 

  • Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence. 

moderation

noun
  • The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes 

  • An instance of moderating: bringing something away from extremes, especially in a beneficial way 

  • The process of moderating a discussion 

How often have the words folly and moderation occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )