“He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.”

To know your enemy, you must become your enemy.

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.