The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.
A resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived.
The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are.
We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others.
In love deceit almost always outstrips distrust.
We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like that by our own selves.
The cunningest dissimulation is when a man pretends to be caught in the traps others set for him; and a man is never so easily over-reached as when he is contriving to over-reach others.
The most effectual way to be deceived is to believe oneself more cunning than one's neighbors.
The most ingenious men continually pretend to condemn tricking--but this is often done that they may use it more conveniently themselves, when some great occasion or interest offers itself to them.
It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others.
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.
You are never so easily fooled as when trying to fool someone else.
A man is sometimes better off deceived about the one he loves, than undeceived.
