Some Fruits of Solitude: Part 10 Temperance (59-72)
Bonus:
Summary: Don't do too much of anything.
Commentary:
59: Eat to live, don't live to eat.
60. Eat frugally.
61. Eating good food is good for your stomach.
62. Don't eat so much meat.
63. Enough is BETTER THAN a fest.
64. If you wake up hungry, you'll always sit down hungry?
65. Don't drink except when you're thirsty. (William Penn was not a Boy Scout.)
66. Not getting drunk is good.
67. Sometimes drinking strong drinks is good for you.
68. The most common things are the most useful. (Not actually a paraphrase.)
69. Don't overuse rare things.
70. Don't waste things.
71. Don't tell people to do anything you wouldn't do yourself.
72. Too much of anything is bad.
This feels like it'd be better split into 2 or 3 topics. Also, one or two spots where it's unclear if he's talking about drinking anything or drinking liquor. I think he's far enough in time to be past the "all drinks are alcohol" phase.
Topic List: Ignorance, Education, Luxury, Inconsideration, Disappointment And Resignation, Murmurs, Censoriousness, Bounds of Charity, Frugality or Bounty, Discipline, Industry, Temperance
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