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

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

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

Children and fools cannot lie. 

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

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.

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

In most cases men willingly believe what they wish.

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

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

Anyone who’s never experienced the pleasure of betrayal doesn’t know what pleasure is.

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