We may outrun, By violent swiftness, And lose by over-running. – William Shakespeare

The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about. – Don Marquis

Enough is as good as a feast. – English Proverb

From a worldly point of view there is no mistake so great as that of being always right. – Samuel Butler

Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance. – Epicurus

No matter what happens… somebody will find a way to take it too seriously. – Dave Barry

My good friends, while I do most earnestly recommend you to take care of your health and safety, as things most precious to us, I would not have that care degenerate into an effeminate and over-curious attention, which is always disgraceful to a man’s self, and often troublesome to others. – Edmund Burke

I soon found out you can’t change the world.  The best you can do is to learn to live with it. – Henry Miller

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short. – Confucius, Analects

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

Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. – Hindu Proverb

Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that’s what makes it so boring. – Edward Gorey

Our moral theorists seem never content with the normal. Why must it always be a contest between fornication, obesity and laziness, and celibacy, fasting and hard labor? – Martin H. Fischer

It is better to rise from life as from a banquet – neither thirsty nor drunken. – Aristotle

Everything in moderation, including moderation. – Author Unknown

To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together… humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self. – William Wordsworth

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

We find our energies are actually cramped when we are overanxious to succeed. – Michel de Montaigne

They are sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing. – William Shakespeare