You cannot tell whether a person is good or bad by his vicissitudes in life. Good and bad fortune are matters of fate.

Continue to spur a running horse.

All of man’s work is a bloody business. That fact, today, is considered foolish, affairs are finished cleverly with words alone, and jobs that require effort are avoided. I would like young men to have some understanding of this.

There is not a man who does not get senile by the time he reaches sixty. And when one thinks that he will not be senile, he is already so.

One should be wary of talking on end about such subjects as learning, morality or folklore in front of elders or people of rank. It is disagreeable to listen to.

Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness.

Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than continuing to exert yourself, enter into nothing else, but go to the extent of living single thought by single thought.