HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

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

A knave’s religion is always the rottenest thing about him.

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; Who sows a field, or trains a flower, Or plants a tree, is more than all.

Now will I show myself to have more of the serpent than the dove; that is, more knave than fool.