Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature.

The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.

Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar.

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

Thus, that one can find no place to walk through the breadth of the earth is not because the earth is not tranquil but because the danger to every step of the traveler lies generally with words.