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

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

And, after all, what is a lie? ’Tis but the truth in masquerade.

Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.

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

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

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

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

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

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