"Moderation in all things. And even moderation..." - Quote by Maya Angelou

“But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams.”

“The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken.”

“When the human race neglects its weaker members, when the family neglects its weakest one - it's the first blow in a suicidal movement. I see the neglect in cities around the country, in poor white children in West Virginia and Virginia and Kentucky - in the big cities, too, for that matter.”

“Neither should we forget the mean, which at the present day is lost sight of in perverted forms of government; for many practices which appear to be democratical are the ruin of democracies, . . Those who think that all virtue is to be found in their own party principles push matters to extremes; they do not consider that disproportion destroys a state.”

“If you are willing to reflect on the courage and moderation of other people, you will find them strange.”

“I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.”

“Rest in reason. Move in Passion.”

“The word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.”

“Happiness is essentially perfect; so that the happy man requires in addition the goods of the body, external goods and the gifts of fortune, in order that his activity may not be impeded through lack of them.”