We need to be kind to our minds and give them rest from time to time. This rest works like food — it restores their strength. It also helps to take walks outside, so our spirits can be lifted and refreshed by the open air and fresh breeze. Sometimes we gain strength by riding in a carriage, by traveling, by changing locations, or by sharing meals with friends and drinking a bit more wine than usual. At times we should even drink to the point of intoxication — not enough to drown ourselves, but just enough to dip ourselves in wine. Wine washes away our troubles and pulls them out from the depths of our minds. It acts as medicine for sorrow, just like it does for some diseases.
We must humour our minds and grant them rest from time to time, which acts upon them like food, and restores their strength. It does good also to take walks out of doors, that our spirits may be raised and refreshed by the open air and fresh breeze: sometimes we gain strength by driving in a carriage, by travel, by change of air, or by social meals and a more generous allowance of wine: at times we ought to drink even to intoxication, not so as to drown, but merely to dip ourselves in wine: for wine washes away troubles and dislodges them from the depths of the mind, and acts as a remedy to sorrow as it does to some diseases.