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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.

In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism in scholarly work. Even people committed to high moral standards succumb.

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

All of us make mistakes. The key is to acknowledge them, learn, and move on. The real sin is ignoring mistakes, or worse, seeking to hide them.

It's really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn't even more fraud. After all, with no God, there's no one to ever call you to account, and no accounting at all if you can get away with it.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Lying, stealing, and cheating are commonplace.