adherents of bushido should seek to nurture an indomitable fighting spirit free from concerns of life and death. - Yamamoto Tsunetomo

There is nothing we should be quite so grateful for as the last line of the poem that goes, 'When your own heart asks.

As everything in this world is but a sham, Death is the only sincerity.

Military affairs are not matters for one person alone, regardless of how useful he tries to be. Money is something that one can borrow from people, but a good man cannot suddenly be come by. One should sustain a man kindly and well from the first. And in having retainers it will not do to nourish oneself alone. If you divide what you have and feed your lower ranks, you will be able to hold good men.