本多忠勝(1548-1610)
「侍は首を取らずとも不手柄なりとも、事の難に臨みて退かず、主君と枕を並べて討死を遂げ、忠節を守るを指して侍という」
Honda Tadakatsu(1548-1610)
"the samurai does not get the neck of the enemy, even if it is a non-achievement, without retreating for a critical situation, die in battle in lord pillows, a person keeping the loyalty is called a samurai."

『平家物語』
「祇園精舎の鐘の声、諸行無常の響きあり。
沙羅双樹の花の色、盛者必衰の理をあらわす。
おごれる人も久しからず、ただ春の世の夢のごとし
たけき者も遂には滅びぬ、偏に風の前の塵に同じ。」
『Heike Monogatari』(tale of the Heike)
"the sound of the Gion-shoja bell echoes the impermanence of all things.
the color of the sal flowers, shows the reveals truth that the prosperous must decline.
The proud do not endure, they are like a dream on a spring night; the mighty fall at last, they are as dust before the wind."