Quotes About Knavery

Folly is the cloak of knavery.

He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a knave who wishes to cheat me.

Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they will receive you into their bosoms

I should think this a gull, but that the white-bearded fellow speaks it; knavery cannot, sure, hide himself in such reverence.