If you are strong, appear weak. But if you are weak, appear strong.
One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain it.
When the thunderclap comes, there is no time to cover the ears.
Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
Hostile armies may face each other for years, striving for the victory which is decided in a single day. This being so, to remain in ignorance of the enemy's condition simply because one grudges the outlay of a hundred ounces of silver in honors and emoluments, is the height of inhumanity.