A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted.

One must consider the final result

Though fraud in all other actions be odious, yet in matters of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes his enemies by stratagem is as much to be praised as he who overcomes them by force.

No proceeding is better than that which you have concealed from the enemy until the time you have executed it. To know how to recognize an opportunity in war, and take it, benefits you more than anything else. Nature creates few men brave, industry and training makes many. Discipline in war counts more than fury.

The forces of adversaries are more diminished by the loss of those who flee than of those who are killed.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast.