He who makes a paradise of his bread makes a hell of his hunger. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation in a case like the present. – William Lloyd Garrison

Its best to rise from life like a banquet, neither thirsty or drunken. – Aristotle

Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld