The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself.

Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.

Clouds that thunder do not always rain.

Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!

I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.

When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean only that they will do as they choose, in the confidence that no one will know their vagaries; and at the utmost only that they are willing to act contrary to the opinion of the majorities because they are supported by the approval of their neighbors. It’s not difficult to be unconventional in the eyes of the world when your unconventionality is but the convention of your set.