Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

He who cheats others is a knave, but he who cheats himself is a fool.

The first priest was the first rogue who met the first fool

Someone has said that the first soothsayer, the first prophet, was the first rascal who encountered a fool

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves Repose and fatten.