When one is writing a letter, he should think that the recipient will make it into a hanging scroll.

By being impatient, matters are damaged and great works cannot be done

Matters of small concern should be treated seriously.

Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.

It is better not to become acquainted with men about whom you have formerly had doubts. No matter what you do, they will be people by whom you will be tripped up or taken in.

When something out of the ordinary happens, it is ridiculous to say that it is a mystery or a portent of something to come... the mystery is created in (their) minds, and by waiting for disaster, it is from their very minds that it occurs.

The end is important in all things.