When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is INSUBORDINATION.

Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise;  for the result is waste of time and   general stagnation.

When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is COLLAPSE.

Danger has a bracing effect.

The principle on which to manage an army is to set up one standard of courage which all must reach.

So long as victory can be attained,  stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.

If we wish to wrest an advantage from the enemy, we must not fix our minds on that alone, but allow for the possibility of the enemy also doing some harm to us, and let this enter as a factor into our calculations.

If you do not take opportunity   to   advance and reward   the   deserving,   your subordinates will not carry out your commands, and disaster will ensue.

We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country -- its mountains and forests, its pitfalls and precipices, its marshes and swamps.