I came to seek Christians and spices.

If I could, I would go further.

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

-- Zeno of Citium

Excess benevolence becomes weakness. Excess righteousness becomes rigidity.

-- Date Masamune

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

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

-- Genghis Khan

In the world of men, there is never only one path. There are always many paths.

-- Mori Ōgai

All human wisdom is summed up in two words: wait and hope.

-- Alexandre Dumas