Bushido

 I. Even fashions I do not consider solely as freaks of vanity; on the contrary, I look upon these as ceaselesssearch of the human mind for the beautiful.

II. If there's anything to do, there is certainly a best way to do it, and the best way is both the most economical and the most graceful.

III: "Myself I throw, dread sovereign, at thy foot.

My life thou shalt command, but not my shame:

The one my duty owes; but my fair name,

Despite of death that lives upon my grave,

170To dark dishonour’s use thou shalt not have."

IV. 'tis not the creed that saves the man, but it is the man that justifies the creed"