There are few people who will make mistakes with fire after having once been burned.

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

In the Kamigata area, they have a sort of tiered lunchbox they use for a single day when flower viewing. Upon returning, they throw them away, trampling them underfoot. The end is important in all things.

Singlemindedness is all-powerful.

The deepest love is often hidden.

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

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.