6.
After the bath, some stale bread and breakfast without a table; no need to wash the hands after such a meal.
Then comes a very short nap.
You know my habit; I avail myself of a scanty bit of sleep,—unharnessing, as it were.
For I am satisfied if I can just stop staying awake.
Sometimes I know that I have slept; at other times, I have a mere suspicion.
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On drunkenness
Location: Chapter 83, Section 6
Content:
6.
After the bath, some stale bread and breakfast without a table; no need to wash the hands after such a meal.
Then comes a very short nap.
You know my habit; I avail myself of a scanty bit of sleep,—unharnessing, as it were.
For I am satisfied if I can just stop staying awake.
Sometimes I know that I have slept; at other times, I have a mere suspicion.