One should be wary of talking on end about such subjects as learning, morality or folklore in front of elders or people of rank. It is disagreeable to listen to.
Yamamoto TsunetomoThe person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai.
Yamamoto TsunetomoYou cannot tell whether a person is good or bad by his vicissitudes in life. Good and bad fortune are matters of fate.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo