Glances are a heavy artillery of the flirt: everything can be conveyed in a look, yet that look can always be denied, for it cannot be quoted word for word. - Stendhal

18. All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack we must seem unable; when using our forces, wu must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make believe we are near. (Sun Tsu)

Do not press a desperate foe too hard. (Sun Tsu)