If a man wanted to put the entire universe in his breast, he couldn't do it with his chest stuck out.

Oh, you crows! Feast away! What a spread! Soup straight from the eye sockets! And thick red sake! But don't have too much Or you'll surely get drunk.

The bitter winds in February were sometimes called the First East Winds, but the longing for spring somehow made them seem more piercing.

Beyond the shadow of a doubt, food was more important than a woman's suffering.

When a woman dislikes the man who is courting her, she parries him cleverly, like a willow in the wind.

It's no good to want to win still more when you have already won.

Great character is forged through hardships.