So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

— Burroughs, William S.

It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are.

— Porter, O. Henry

Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods.

— Proverb, English

For nothing can seem foul to those that win.

— Shakespeare, William