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

A warrior should not say something fainthearted, even casually. He should set his mind to this beforehand. Even in trifling matters the depths of one's heart can be seen.

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

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

As long as people overlook matters, then inferiors can, without any fear, lead an easy and peaceful life.

By bringing shame to a person, how could one expect to make him a better man?

It is a principle of the art of war that one should simply lay down his life and strike. If one's opponent also does the same, it is a even match. Defeating one's opponent is then a matter of faith and destiny.