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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Credulity forges more miracles than trickery could invent.

Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.

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

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

An honest man is all right even if he’s an idiot…but a crook must have brains.

Cheating is more honorable than stealing.