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

Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth.

Credulity forges more miracles than trickery could invent.

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.

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

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

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

You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.

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