Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy
First learn to become invincible, then wait for your enemy's moment of vulnerability.
A sovereign of high character and intelligence must be able to know the right man, should place the responsibility on him, and expect results.
A battle avoided cannot be lost.
Maneuvering with an army is advantageous; with an undisciplined multitude, most dangerous.
It is through the dispositions of an army that its condition may be discovered. Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain secret, which leads to victory,; show your dispositions, and your condition will become patent, which leads to defeat.