Here is a great villain quote from romance of the three Kingdoms from Cao Cao

"I would rather wrong the world then have the world around me"

I should add there are two English translations and the other is

"I would rather betray the world then have the world betray me"

I think that a great piece of character development in those few words

The villain is always more interesting like king Richard the third, Hehry VIII, Jamie Lannister, Cersei Lannister, Cao Cao

It's the villains that make things interesting heroes tend to be boring