And we shall observe it in knaves themselves, that your beggarliest knaves are the greatest, or thought so at least, for those that have wit to thrive by it have art not to seem so.

Many knaves are fools alsomost arebut some are not.

A knave is the scum of wit and the scorn of reason, the hate of wisdom and the dishonour of humanity.

Theodore's a knave, a hyponay, nay; stay, irreverent hand!Theodore's a man!

These knaves, with the stools strapped to their nether parts, and carrying tubs, are cowherds, and all the others are more or less concerned with the dairy.

The following example is from an Essay on Satire, printed with Pope's Works, but written by one of his friends: "Whose is the crime, the scandal too be theirs; The knave and fool are their own libellers.