Quote by Plutarch

"Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues."

Plutarch
Historian Biographer Greece (Chaeronea) 46–120

More from Plutarch

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled."
"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."
"Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier."
"Know thyself."

All quotes by Plutarch