In matters of great importance, do not consult others — decide alone after thorough deliberation.

Youth on horseback has passed. The world is at peace and white hairs multiply. With what remains of life that heaven permits, how can I not enjoy it?

We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.

-- Zeno of Citium

I came as dew, I vanish as dew — all that I was, all I achieved at Naniwa, is a dream within a dream.

-- Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Cultivate both the literary and martial arts.

-- Hōjō Sōun

Know your station and know sufficiency.

-- Hōjō Sōun

A general must be cautious in five things: reason, preparation, decisiveness, discipline, and restraint.

-- Wu Qi

An action committed in anger is an action doomed to failure.

-- Genghis Khan