The world is a stone wall ... and they have put the stones so close together that there is not a single crack through which one may enter.

When a woman dislikes the man who is courting her, she parries him cleverly, like a willow in the wind.

It's no good to want to win still more when you have already won.

It is easy to crush an enemy outside oneself but impossible to defeat an enemy within.

Love was like a toothache.

I want to dedicate myself to training and discipline. I want to spend every moment of every day working to improve myself.

Not only must a warrior be strong with his bow, but he must have a heart full of pity for all living creatures.