Patience Means Restraining Yourself. There Are Seven

Blackthorne, Beside The Gates, Was Still Turmoiled By His Boundless Joy At Her Reprieve And He Remembered How His Own Will Had Been Stretched That Night Of His Near-seppuku, When He Had Had To Get Up As A Man And Walk Home As A Man Unsupported, And Became Samurai. And He Watched Her, Despising The Need For This Courage, Yet Understanding It, Even Honoring It.

Anger Is Something You Should Only Vent In Front Of Intimates, And Friends And Relations. Never Be Angry In Front Of Strangers Because You Lose Face.

First The Priests Arrive. Then The Conquistadores.

Anger Is One Of The Most Intimate Of Emotions And To Expose It To Strangers Is One Of The Most Stupid And Sickening Things To Do. Never Get Angry With Strangers Because They Are Strangers.

The Scarcity Of Years Does Not Necessitate Lack Of Wisdom.