Do not press an enemy at bay.
Who can determine where one ends and the other begins?
To Subdue an enemy without fighting is the greatest of skills
Now a soldier's spirit is keenest in the morning; by noonday it has begun to flag; and in the evening, his mind is only on returning to camp.
All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.
Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy