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

It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this.

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.

If one thinks only of winning, a sordid victory will be worse than a defeat. For the most part, it becomes a squalid defeat.

You cannot tell whether a person is good or bad by his vicissitudes in life. Good and bad fortune are matters of fate.

A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death.

A samurai will use a toothpick even though he has not eaten. Inside the skin of a dog, outside the hide of a tiger.