Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!
One should always play fair when one has the winning cards.
We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
When we are afraid, we betray our intellect to save our skin.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?
No mask like open truth to cover lies, as to go naked is the best disguise.
The greatest skill of all is the skill of anticipation.
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
The easiest way to deceive oneself is to refuse to admit the truth.
It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie.
The best way to hide something from someone is to hide it in plain sight.