Even when a samurai has not eaten, he holds his toothpick high.
More Japanese Proverbs:
It is a blessing in disguise.Japanese
Darkness lies one inch ahead.
Japanese
A merchants happiness hangs upon chance, winds, and waves.
Japanese
The boaster and the proud person are fools.
Japanese
The winds may fell the massive oak, but bamboo, bent even to the ground, will spring upright after the passage of the storm.
Japanese
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
Japanese