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Emerson, with all his admirable wisdom, was yet not wise enough to attend to his diet. He regularly ate too much cold pie and suffered from indigestion. But what was worse, he ate beef and thus set a bad example to others. His mind was so well purified and so strongly concentrated within the Good, the True, and the Beautiful that it was not affected, whatever happened to his body. But the minds of others were muddier and weaker. A correct example would have been better for them.

-- Notebooks Category 5: The Body > Chapter 3 : Diet > # 76