It is better to have some unhappiness while one is still young, for if a person does not experience some bitterness, his disposition will not settle down.

If a retainer will just think about what he is to do for the day at hand, he will be able to do anything. If it is a single day's work, one should be able to put up with it. Tomorrow, too is but a single day.

If one is but secure at the foundation, he will not be pained by departure from minor details or affairs that are contrary to expectation. But in the end, the details of a matter are important. The right and wrong of one's way of doing things are found in trivial matters.

If you are slain in battle, you should be resolved to have your corpse facing the enemy.

The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle.

When someone is giving you his opinion, you should receive it with deep gratitude even though it is worthless. If you don't, he will not tell you the things that he has seen and heard about you again.

Continue to spur a running horse.