There is much difference between imitating a good man, and counterfeiting him.

He that will cheat you at play, will cheat you any way.

There was no treachery too base for the world to commit.

If you find excrement somewhere in the village, the chief was the one who put it there.

Alongside all swindlers the state now stands there as swindler-in-chief.

It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most.

Men were born to lie, and women to believe them.

Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.

Life is the art of being well deceived.

If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.