Don't Limp In Front Of The Lame.

Can There Be Any Greater Dotage In The World Than For One To Guide And Direct His Courses By The Sound Of A Bell, And Not By His Own Judgment.

Machination Is Worth More Than Force.

Hungry Bellies Have No Ears. [fr., La Ventre Affame N'point D'oreilles.]

According To True Military Art, One Should Never Push One's Enemy To The Point Of Despair, Because Such A State Multiplies His Strength And Increases His Courage Which Had Already Been Crushed And Failing, And Because There Is No Better Remedy For The Health Of Beaten And Overwhelmed Men Than The Absence Of All Hope.

Keep Running After A Dog And He Will Never Bite You.