"What enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is foreknowledge."

"Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected."

"Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak."

"When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be dampened."

"For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill."