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

One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.

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

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.

When confronted with two alternatives, life and death, one is to choose death without hesitation.

The way of the Samurai is found in death.

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.