Men should never give up. I never do. I would hate to lose.

Life is not fair and people are not equal.

One must always be civic-minded.

Without a huge shock, the sleepy-head, ignorant Japanese will never wake up.

Never complain. When I did, my mother said that if I didn’t like my life, I could just give up and die. She reminded me that when I was inside her, I told her that I wanted to be born, so she delivered me, breastfed me and changed my diapers. She said that I had to be brave.