Continue to spur a running horse.

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

This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai: if by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as though his body were already dead, he gains freedom in the Way. his whole life will be without blame, and he will succeed in his calling.

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.

Covetousness, anger and foolishness are things to sort out well. When bad things happen in the world, if you look at them comparatively, they are not unrelated to these three things.

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

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