A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.
Give a man a fish, feed home for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed for a lifetime.
It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.
Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.
To give oneself ernestly to securing righteousness and justice among the people, and while respecting the gods and demons, to keep aloof from them, that may be called wisdom.