There is not a man who does not get senile by the time he reaches sixty. And when one thinks that he will not be senile, he is already so.

If you are slain in battle, you should be resolved to have your corpse facing the enemy.

There is not a man who does not get senile by the time he reaches sixty. And when one thinks that he will not be senile, he is already so.

To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not.

Purity is something that cannot be attained except by piling effort upon effort.

One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour. A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything.

The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai.