Excess in all other things whatever, as well as in Meat and drink, are to be avoided; excessive Heats and Colds, violent Exercises, late Hours, and Women, unwholsome Air, violent Winds, the Passions, &c.
XVI.
Youth, Age, and Sick require a different Quantity.
And so do those of different Complexions, for that which is too much for a Phlegmatick Man, is not sufficient for the Cholerick.
XVIII.
The Measure of the Food ought to be proportionable to the Quality and Condition of the Stomach, because the Stomach is to digest it.
XIX.
The Quantity that is sufficient, the Stomach can perfectly concoct, and answers to the due Nourishment of the Body.
XX.