Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself. When a society is well fed, thinness denotes self-control or an ethereal abstinence that appears saintly. Whatever you cannot say 'No' to is your master and makes you it's slave. Failure shows us the way; by showing us what isn’t the way. To circumvent overconsumption and its problems avoid the buffets of life. Promising? Here’s where anyone can play rich. Let wanting precede giving! The world could use fewer martyrs.