OTD, Jan 17, 1781, Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan changed history, expertly playing into British low opinion of the Continental militia to lure them into a feigned retreat trap and winning the Battle of Cowpens. The Lesson: Use your enemy's assumptions against them.

Good point.

Cicero, denouncing Catiline, 63 BC (colorized) “When, O Catiline, do you mean to cease abusing our patience? How long is that madness of yours still to mock us? When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now?”