It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.
You can now, if you choose, employ your present success to advantage, so as to keep what you have got and gain honour and reputation besides, and you can avoid the mistake of those who meet with an extraordinary piece of good fortune, and are led on by hope to grasp continually at something further, through having already succeeded without expecting it.
I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy's intentions.
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