Opponent

"Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him."

"Bravery without forethought, causes a man to fight blindly and desperately like a mad bull. Such an opponent, must not be encountered with brute force, but may be lured into an ambush and slain."

"If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant."

"Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will."

"Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate."

"Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love."

"There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent."

"Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent's strength."

"Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across."

"Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack."