Tether even a roasted chicken.

I have found that the Way of the samurai is death. This means that when you are compelled to choose between life and death, you must quickly choose death.

A person who is discreet in speaking will be useful during the good times and will avoid punishment during the bad.

The end is important in all things.

All of man’s work is a bloody business. That fact, today, is considered foolish, affairs are finished cleverly with words alone, and jobs that require effort are avoided. I would like young men to have some understanding of this.

Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness.

To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not.