There are times when the utmost daring is the height of wisdom.

The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

The very nature of interactions is bound to make it unpredictable.

The Conqueror is always a lover of peace: he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.

The majority of people are timid by nature, and that is why they constantly exaggerate danger. all influences on the military leader, therefore, combine to give him a false impression of his opponent's strength, and from this arises a new source of indecision.

In short, absolute, so-called mathematical, factors never find a firm basis in military calculations. From the very start, there is an interplay of possibilities, probabilities, good luck and bad, that weaves its way throughout the length and breadth of the tapestry. In the whole range of human activities, war most closely resembles a game of cards.

Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.