There is an intelligent way to eat a live frog - I just don't know what it is.

If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak. If the banners and flags are shifted about, sedition is afoot. If the officers are angry, it means that the men are weary.

It is the business of a general to be serene and inscrutable, impartial and self-controlled.

So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

Be where your enemy is not.

For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.

When a general, unable to estimate the enemy's strength, allows an inferior force to engage a larger one, or hurls a weak detachment against a powerful one, and neglects to place picked soldiers in the front rank, the result must be rout.