To plan secretly, to move surreptitiously, to foil the enemy's intentions and balk his schemes, so that at last the day may be won without shedding a drop of blood.

If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is death.

If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.

What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.

To capture an enemies army is better than to destroy it.

Unless you enter the tiger's lair, you cannot get hold of the tiger's cub's.

Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence.