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附方（蚯蚓螻蛄蠶咬蠷尿，及惡蟲咬人附）《梅師方》，治蜈蚣咬人，不止。獨頭蒜，摩螫處，痛不止。又《經驗後方》，燒雞屎，酒和，敷之，佳。又取雞屎和醋，敷之。《聖惠方》，治蜈蚣咬方。用蝸牛擦取汁，滴入咬處。《兵部手集》，治蜘蛛咬，遍身成瘡。取上好春酒飲醉，使人翻不得，一向臥。恐酒毒腐人，須臾蟲於肉中，小…

又方，刮齒垢塗之，又破蜘蛛，又煮蜂房，塗之。燒牛角灰，苦酒和，塗之。又斷葫，揩之，又嚼青蒿，敷之。附方《千金方》，治蜂螫人。用露蜂房，末，豬膏和，敷之。楊氏《產乳》，蜂房煎湯洗，亦得。又《外台秘要》，薄荷，貼之，瘥。又《聖惠方》，以酥，敷之愈。沈存中筆談云，處士劉湯，隱居王屋山。嘗於齋中，見一大蜂…

若青色以杖舉五尺不斷者，即藥未盡，二日後更一劑。席辯曾飲酒得藥，月餘始覺，首領梁墳，將土常山，與為呼為一百頭牛藥，服之。即瘥，瘥後二十日，慎毒食，唯有煮飯食之，前後得瘥，凡九人。又方，黃藤十兩，嶺南皆有，切，以水一斗，煮取二升，分三服，服訖。毒藥內消，若防己俚人藥，常服此藤，縱得自然不發。席云，常…

裴氏五毒神膏，療中惡暴百病方。雄黃，朱砂，當歸，椒各二兩，烏頭一升，以苦酒漬一宿。豬脂五斤，東面陳蘆，煎五上，五下，絞去滓。納雄黃，朱砂，末，攪令相得，畢。諸卒百病，溫酒服，如棗核一枚，不瘥，更服，得下即除。四肢有病，可摩，癰腫諸病瘡，皆摩敷之。夜行及病冒霧露，皆以塗人身中，佳。效方，並療時行溫疫…

扁鵲陷水丸，療內脹病，並蠱疰中惡等，及蜂，百毒，溪毒，射工。雄黃，真丹砂，別研，礬石，熬各一兩。將生礬石三兩半，燒之。鬼臼一兩半，蜈蚣一枚，赤足者小炙，斑蝥，去翅足，龍膽，附子，炮，各七枚。藜蘆七分，炙，杏仁四十枚，去尖，皮熬，搗，篩，蜜和，搗千杵。腹內脹病，中惡邪氣，飛尸游走，皆服二丸如小豆。若…

以水一斗煮之，以病患櫛納中三沸，櫛浮者生，沉者死。煮得三升，與飲之。又方桂一兩，生姜三兩，梔子十四枚，豉五合。搗，以酒三升，攪，微煮之，味出去滓，頓服取瘥。飛尸走馬湯巴豆二枚，杏仁二枚。合綿纏椎，令碎，著熱湯二合中，指捻令汁出，便與飲之，炊間頓下飲，瘥。小量之，通治諸飛尸鬼擊。又有諸丸散，並在備急…

又方忍冬莖葉（銼）數斛。煮令濃，取汁煎之，服如雞子一枚，日二三服，佳也。又方燒亂發，熬杏仁等分。搗膏，和丸之，酒服，桐子大三丸，日五六服。又方龍骨三分，藜蘆二分，巴豆一分。搗，和井花水服如麻子大，如法丸。又方漆葉曝干。搗末，酒服之。又方鼉肝一具。熟煮，切。食之令盡，亦用蒜薤。又方斷鱉頭燒末。水服，…

I. Of my grandfather Verus I have learned to be gentle and meek, and to refrain from all anger and passion. From the fame and memory of him that…

II. Of him that brought me up, not to be fondly addicted to either of the two great factions of the coursers in the circus, called Prasini, and…

III. Of Diognetus, not to busy myself about vain things, and not easily to believe those things, which are commonly spoken, by such as take upon them…

II. Let it be thy earnest and incessant care as a Roman and a man to perform whatsoever it is that thou art about, with true and unfeigned gravity,…

III. Do, soul, do; abuse and contemn thyself; yet a while and the time for thee to respect thyself, will be at an end. Every man's happiness…

VII. Theophrastus, where he compares sin with sin (as after a vulgar sense such things I grant may be compared:) says well and like a philosopher,…

V. Do nothing against thy will, nor contrary to the community, nor without due examination, nor with reluctancy. Affect not to set out thy thoughts…

XIII. If thou shalt intend that which is present, following the rule of right and reason carefully, solidly, meekly, and shalt not intermix any other…

XV. Be not deceived; for thou shalt never live to read thy moral commentaries, nor the acts of the famous Romans and Grecians; nor those excerpta…

VIII. Whatsoever doth happen in the world, doth happen justly, and so if thou dost well take heed, thou shalt find it. I say not only in right…

X. These two rules, thou must have always in a readiness. First, do nothing at all, but what reason proceeding from that regal and supreme part,…

XXXVII. Let that of Heraclitus never be out of thy mind, that the death of earth, is water, and the death of water, is air; and the death of air,…

III. Think thyself fit and worthy to speak, or to do anything that is according to nature, and let not the reproach, or report of some that may ensue…

X. Thou must comfort thyself in the expectation of thy natural dissolution, and in the meantime not grieve at the delay; but rest contented in…

XX. Let not that chief commanding part of thy soul be ever subject to any variation through any corporal either pain or pleasure, neither suffer it…

XXIII. 'Where there shall neither roarer be, nor harlot.' Why so? As thou dost purpose to live, when thou hast retired thyself to some such place,…

XXVIII. Thou mayest always speed, if thou wilt but make choice of the right way; if in the course both of thine opinions and actions, thou wilt…

I. The matter itself, of which the universe doth consist, is of itself very tractable and pliable. That rational essence that doth govern it, hath in…

VI. Let this be thy only joy, and thy only comfort, from one sociable kind action without intermission to pass unto another, God being ever in thy…

XIX. Suppose that at the palestra somebody hath all to-torn thee with his nails, and hath broken thy head. Well, thou art wounded. Yet thou dost…

XX. If anybody shall reprove me, and shall make it apparent unto me, that in any either opinion or action of mine I do err, I will most gladly…

XXI. I for my part will do what belongs unto me; as for other things, whether things unsensible or things irrational; or if rational, yet deceived…

XXV. Is it not a cruel thing to forbid men to affect those things, which they conceive to agree best with their own natures, and to tend most to…

XLVI. The ambitious supposeth another man's act, praise and applause, to be his own happiness; the voluptuous his own sense and feeling; but he…

LII. To them that are sick of the jaundice, honey seems bitter; and to them that are bitten by a mad dog, the water terrible; and to children, a…

II. What fear is there that thy dogmata, or philosophical resolutions and conclusions, should become dead in thee, and lose their proper power and…

XIV. What is εὐδαιμονία, or happiness: but ἀγαθὸς δαίμων, or, a good dæmon, or spirit? What then dost thou do here, O opinion? By the Gods I adjure…

XXIV. Out of Antisthenes. 'It is a princely thing to do well, and to be ill-spoken of. It is a shameful thing that the face should be subject unto…

XXIX. Where the matter may be effected agreeably to that reason, which both unto the Gods and men is common, there can be no just cause of grief or…

XXXIII. The art of true living in this world is more like a wrestler's, than a dancer's practice. For in this they both agree, to teach a man…

XLII. What object soever, our reasonable and sociable faculty doth meet with, that affords nothing either for the satisfaction of reason, or for…

II. Upon every action that thou art about, put this question to thyself; How will this when it is done agree with me? Shall I have no occasion to…

IX. Repentance is an inward and self-reprehension for the neglect or omission of somewhat that was profitable. Now whatsoever is good, is also…

XI. When thou art hard to be stirred up and awaked out of thy sleep, admonish thyself and call to mind, that, to perform actions tending to the…

XIII. At thy first encounter with any one, say presently to thyself: This man, what are his opinions concerning that which is good or evil? as…

XV. If it were thine act and in thine own power, wouldest thou do it? If it were not, whom dost tin accuse? the atoms, or the Gods? For to do either,…

XXII. Shall I do it? I will; so the end of my action be to do good unto men. Doth anything by way of cross or adversity happen unto me? I accept it,…

XXIII. By one action judge of the rest: this bathing which usually takes up so much of our time, what is it? Oil, sweat, filth; or the sordes of…

XXX. Contract thy whole life to the measure and proportion of one single action. And if in every particular action thou dost perform what is…

XLVI. Remember that thy mind is of that nature as that it becometh altogether unconquerable, when once recollected in herself, she seeks no other…

L. 'They kill me, they cut my flesh; they persecute my person with curses.' What then? May not thy mind for all this continue pure, prudent,…

LIII. Wickedness in general doth not hurt the world. Particular wickedness doth not hurt any other: only unto him it is hurtful, whosoever he be that…

V. If my present apprehension of the object be right, and my present action charitable, and this, towards whatsoever doth proceed from God, be my…

XIV. As virtue and wickedness consist not in passion, but in action; so neither doth the true good or evil of a reasonable charitable man consist…

XX. As occasion shall require, either to thine own understanding, or to that of the universe, or to his, whom thou hast now to do with, let thy…

XXI. As thou thyself, whoever thou art, were made for the perfection and consummation, being a member of it, of a common society; so must every…

XXXIV. How base and putrid, every common matter is! Water, dust, and from the mixture of these bones, and all that loathsome stuff that our bodies do…

II. As one who is altogether governed by nature, let it be thy care to observe what it is that thy nature in general doth require. That done, if thou…

X. As the spider, when it hath caught the fly that it hunted after, is not little proud, nor meanly conceited of herself: as he likewise that hath…

XIII. What use is there of suspicion at all? or, why should thoughts of mistrust, and suspicion concerning that which is future, trouble thy mind…

XX. Consider them through all actions and occupations, of their lives: as when they eat, and when they sleep: when they are in the act of necessary…

XXIX. Whatsoever it is that thou goest about, consider of it by thyself, and ask thyself, What? because I shall do this no more when I am dead,…

XXX. When thou art offended with any man's transgression, presently reflect upon thyself; and consider what thou thyself art guilty of in the same…