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

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.

Cheating is more honorable than stealing. 

In most cases men willingly believe what they wish.

The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.

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

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.

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