All men are by nature equal made all of the same earth by one Workman and however we deceive ourselves as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you she is after your barn.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.

There is no more lively sensation than that of pain its impressions are certain and dependable they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience.

The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God.

Life is the art of being well deceived and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love it could not do so alone but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it it can do so.