You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat.

There is always something to lose. But maybe more to gain.

What tricks the mind is what the mind is glad to be tricked by.

I think before I act---and then think again. I am not entirely a coward, but I do not lose myself in action as you do.

You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat.

The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one's own strength but in the exploitation of the other side's weaknesses.

There are times when thinking about something is the worst possible policy.