The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.

You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.