Sincerity, even if it speaks with a stutter, will sound eloquent when inspired.

Oh, you crows! Feast away! What a spread! Soup straight from the eye sockets! And thick red sake! But don't have too much Or you'll surely get drunk.

To the courtiers flushed with wine, life was pleasure, and pleasure life.

The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object--the joy of living--is not in the peak itself, but in the adversities encountered on the way up.

Danger was the grindstone on which the swordsman whetted his spirit. Enemies were teachers in disguise.

There's not much benefit in attacking an empty house.

Beyond the shadow of a doubt, food was more important than a woman's suffering.