Wait by the river long enough and the body of your enemy will float by you.

There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.There are not more than five primary colors, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of them yield more flavors than can ever be tasted.

If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.

Ground which can be freely traversed by both sides is called accessible.

If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not follow him, but retreat and try to entice him away.

Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity; They cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness; Without subtle ingenuity of mind, one cannot make certain of the truth of their reports; Be subtle! be subtle! and use your spies for every kind of warfare; If a secret piece of news is divulged by a spy before the time is ripe, he must be put to death together with the man to whom the secret was told.

Unless you enter the tiger's lair, you cannot get hold of the tiger's cub's.