In making tactical dispositions, the highest pitch you can attain is to conceal them.

Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.

A leader leads by example not by force.

In the tumult and uproar, the battle seems chaotic, but there is no disorder, the troops appear to be milling about in circles but cannot be defeated.

If your enemy is superior, evade him

To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad is better than to destroy them. For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the supreme of excellence. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence.

When he pretends to flee, do not pursue.