To secure the ground we gain, and gain what more we can, is, I think, the wisest course
To fish in troubled waters.
Any point you can get is an important one.
Would it be great to intercept Peyton? No question about it.
It is a stalemate in our favor.
This is one of the most classic military quotations--one of the great examples of spin.
He who gains time gains everything.
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.