A small fine edition with the necessary spice. He valued a good breakfast in pleasant company above all else; he appreciated home-cooked meals just as much as regional specialties or exotic delicacies. He could completely forgo his beloved ham shop when the pure air of Norderney or the Thuringian Forest took care of nourishing his nerves. Beer was considered a tonic by the trained pharmacist, while red wine was seen as pure medicine. And the bedtime punch often gave him and his wife Emilie a pleasant heaviness before sleep. "When diet hysteria is rampant, one enjoys reading an author who could still sincerely say: 'I am not for half portions.'".