Wait not while your foe fits arrow to bowstring when you can send your own arrow into him.

If we have to fight, we shall fight. You will kill ten of our men, and we will kill one of yours, and in the end it will be you who will tire of it.

Do not press an enemy at bay. Prince Fu Ch'ai said: "Wild beasts, when at bay, fight desperately. How much more is this true of men! If they know there is no alternative, they will fight to the death."

Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.

Those oft are stratagems which errors seem, Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream.

Divide the fire, and you will the sooner put it out.

In baiting a mouse-trap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.

Whatever you think it's gonna take, double it. That applies to money, time, stress. It's gonna be harder than you think and take longer than you think.

The eleventh commandment of a motion picture negotiation: Thou shalt not take less than thy last deal.

The trick is to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o'clock.