Throw your soldiers into positions whence there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight. If they will face death, there is nothing they may not achieve.

No nation has ever benefited from a prolonged war.

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

In war, practice dissimulation and you will succeed.

Unless you know the mountains and the forests, the defiles and impasses, the lay of the marshes and swamps, you cannot maneuver with an armed force. Unless you use local guides, you cannot get the advantages of the land.

Ground which can be abandoned but is hard to re-occupy is called entangling.

Kill one, terrify a thousand.