Quotes from Ieyasu Tokugawa

Patience is the key to any battle.

Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden.

Give the peasants neither life nor death.

There are seven emotions: joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate, and if a man does not give way to these he can be called patient.

To come to know your enemy, first you must become his friend, and once you become his friend, all his defences come down. Then you can choose the most fitting method for his demise.