I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology.
The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.
Use gentle means before you come to extremity and whatever lesson you work him and never take above half his strength nor ride him till he is weary but a little at a time and often.