“If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you, they will not prove submissive;and, unless submissive, then will be practically useless. If, when the soldiers have become attachedto you, punishments are not enforced, they will still be unless.”

“Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.”

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

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

“Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons”

“One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.”

“If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame. But, if orders are clear and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their oficers.”