“sometimes it’s okay to cheat on things - but don’t ever cheat on people. because once you start, it’s very hard to stop. you find out how easy it is to do.”

“When you can't cheat the game, you'd best find a means to cheat the players.”

“All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity are easy. Stay away from easy.”

“Cheating is only cheating when you get caught, and bragging isn't bragging when you can do it.”

“Once you've started cheating, does it really matter what your methods are?”

“When . . . some leisurely passer-by stopped . . . and spoke of cheating, that was in its way the stupidest lie ever invented by indifference and inborn malice, since it was not the hunger artist who was cheating, he was working honestly, but the world was cheating him of his reward.”

“I should point out that I don’t condone gambling of any sort unless you can cheat very effectively and stack the odds at least ninety percent on your favour, which is essentially what I’m doing here.”

“Hold the standard. Ask for help. Do whatever’s necessary. But don’t cheat.”

“Sometimes you have to accept how things are. You can make it easy on yourself, or you can make it hard. The choice is yours.”

“As W. C. Fields once said: a thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.”