Law 1: never outshine the master
Law 2: never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies
Law 3: conceal your intentions
Law 4: always say less than necessary
Law 5: so much depends on reputation- guard it with your life
Law 6: court attentionat all cost
Law 7: get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit
Law 8: make other people come to you-use bait if necessary
Law 9: win through your actions, never through arguement
Law 10: Infection: avoid the unhappy and unlucky
Law 11: learn to keep people dependent on you
Law 12: Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm your victim
Law 13: when asking for help, appeal to people's self-interest, never totheir mercy or gratitude
Law 14: pose as a friend, work as a spy
Law 15: crush your enemy totally
Law 16: use absence to increase respect and honor
Law 17: keep others in suspended terror: cultivate an air of unpredictability
Law 18: do not build fortresses to protect yourself-isolation is dangerous
Law 19: know who you're dealing with- do not offend the wrong person
Law 20: do not commit to anyone
Law 21: play a sucker to catch a sucker-seem dumber than your mark
Law 22: use the surrender tactic: transform weakness into power
Law 23: concentrate your forces
Law 24: play the perfect courtier
Law 25: re-create yourself
Law 26: keep your hands clean
Law 27: play on people's need to believe to create a cultlike following
Law 28: enter action with boldness
Law 29: plan all the way to the end
Law 30: make your accomplishments seem effortless
Law 31: control the options: get others to play with the cards you deal
Law 32: play to people's fantasies
Law 33: discover each man's thumbscrew
Law 34: be royal in your own fashion: act like a king to be treated like one
Law 35: master the art of timing
Law 36: disdain things that you cannot have: ignoring them is the best revenge
Law 37: create compelling spectacles
Law 38: think as you like but behave like others
Law 39: stir up waters to catch fish
Law 40: despise the free lunch
Law 41: avoid stepping into a great man's shoes
Law 42: strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter
Law 43: work on the hearts and minds of others
Law 44: disarm and infuriate them with the mirror effect
Law 45: preach the need for change, but never reform too much at once
Law 46: never appear too perfect
Law 47: do not go past the mark you aimed for; in victory, learn when to stop
Law 48: assume formlessness.
