Plutarch's essays and miscellanies, Vol. 1 · Plutarch
BY MATTHEW POOLE, D.D., OF NORTHAMPTON.
Introduction, 251. The hands to be kept always warm, 252. Accustom yourself in health to the food proper in sickness, 253. Avoid all excess in eating and drinking, especially at feasts, 254. Be prepared to excuse yourself if invited to drink to excess, 255. Partake of agreeable food and drink, when needful; otherwise not, 256. Lean to the side of moderation and abstinence, rather than the gratification of appetite, 257. Intemperance is as destructive of pleasure as of health, 258. Sickness may be avoided by the use of a moderate diet, 259. A luxurious course of living adds to the force of other causes of disease, 260. Be especially careful of what you do, when threatened with illness, 261. When the body is out of order, things that are otherwise pleasant become disgusting, 262. Extreme carefulness in our diet should be avoided, 263. Disturbed sleep and distressing dreams show a diseased state of body, 264. Avoid things which have proved causes of disease to others, 264, 265. Reading or speaking aloud is to a scholar conducive to health, 266. Yet this must not be carried to excess, 267. The cold bath not to be used after exercise; use the warm bath, 268. Use solid food cautiously and sparingly; light food more freely, 268. Drink wine diluted with water, or water simply, 269, 270. After supper, there should be a considerable interval, to be occupied with gentle exercise either of body or mind, 271, 272. Sufferers from gluttony or excess should not attempt to relieve themselves by physic but by abstinence, 273. Do not fast when there is no need, 274. Idleness is not conducive to health, 275. After severe labor, allow the body to rest, even from pleasure, 276. A man should well study his own case, and know what he can bear, 277. The body and the mind must deal carefully with each other, 278, 279.
HOW A MAN MAY RECEIVE ADVANTAGE AND PROFIT FROM HIS ENEMIES. BY JOHN HARTCLIFFE, FELLOW OF KING’S COLLEGE IN CAMBRIDGE. Ill-will always to be expected, 280. It is not enough that our enemies do us no harm, 281. We may not be able to change bad men into good men, 282. But it is possible to derive good even from bad men, 283. An enemy, in order to discover our failings, carefully watches all our movements and affairs, 283. Learn from this to be wary and circumspect, 284. Learn to be discreet and sober, and to give offence to nobody, 285. Live above reproach, 286, 287. When censured and accused, examine if there be just cause for it, 288. Be willing to hear the truth even from the lips of enemies, 289. If accused unjustly, avoid even the appearance of the supposed wrong, 290. Have you given any occasion for the false accusation? 291. Learn to keep the tongue in subjection, 292. Be magnanimous and kind to your enemy, 293. Indulge no malignant passion, 294. Envy not your enemy’s success, 297.
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