There is nothing we should be quite so grateful for as the last line of the poem that goes, 'When your own heart asks.

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.

Purity is something that cannot be attained except by piling effort upon effort.

An affected laugh shows lack of self-respect in a man and lewdness in a woman. It is carelessness to go about with one's hands inside the slits in the sides of his hakama.

This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai: if by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as though his body were already dead, he gains freedom in the Way. his whole life will be without blame, and he will succeed in his calling.

A warrior should not say something fainthearted, even casually. He should set his mind to this beforehand. Even in trifling matters the depths of one's heart can be seen.