Until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared
Apparent confusion is a product of good order; apparent cowardice, of courage; apparent weakness, of strength.
When your opponent gives you an opening, be swift as a hare.
To persuade your enemy to (retreat) before the fight is to defeat them even before the battle begins. An enemy made ally is no longer an enemy.
I will be able to forecast which side will be victorious and which defeated.
Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate.