Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

The nature of war is constant change.

Where the army is, prices are high; when prices rise the wealth of the people is exhausted.

Ponder and deliberate before you make your move. He will conquer who has learned the artifice of deviation. Such is the art of maneuvering.

To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues.

Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy; forceful execution of even a poor plan can often bring victory.

It is the business of a general to be quiet and thus ensure secrecy; upright and just, and thus maintain order.