Without knowledge of Learning, one will ultimately have no military victories. One should not be envious of someone who has prospered by unjust deeds. Nor should he disdain someone who has fallen while adhering to the path of righteousness. With such a frame of mind, one will have divine protection even though he does not pray. A man with deep far-sightedness will survey both the beginning and the end of a situation and continually consider its every facet as important.
Intelligence is the flower of discrimination.
There are many examples of the flower blooming but not bearing fruit. No matter whether a person belongs to the upper or lower ranks, if he has not put his life on the line at least once he has cause for shame. The entire country will soon be in the hands of your master, Lord Ieyasu. If this is so, the men who served him will no doubt hope to become daimyo by his appointment. You should know that if such feelings arise, they are inevitably the beginning of the end of one's fortunes in the Way of the Warrior.