La violencia es el último recurso del incompetente. - Isaac Asimov

People who want to do so can lose weight most safely and permanently if they realize that above all they must be patient. ... It is better to eat a little less at each meal than impulse would suggest and to do that constantly. Add to this a little more exercise or activity than impulse suggests and keep that up constantly too. A few less calories taken in each day and a few more used up will decrease weight, slowly, to be sure, but without undue misery. And with better long-range results too.

He was not young any longer. Life no longer stretched before him as a vast uncharted field, its horizon lost in the distance.

Durante todo o treinamento que [o floriano] recebeu, ao longo de todos os estudos nos quais se saiu tão bem, nunca se esqueceu de que os nobres eram homens.