I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
No scoundrel is so stupid as to not find a reason for his vile conduct.
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.
Religion is all-too-often a refuge for scoundrels.
If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel... if you let him kill you, then you are an idiot.
Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of making it clear that you are not being serious, and are only kidding. If I salute a friend with a smile and say, 'How are you, you old scoundrel!' clearly I don't really mean he's a scoundrel.
A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel.
A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.
If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent, then you are a scoundrel... if you let him kill you, then you are an idiot. So here is a dilemma which others have suffered before us, and for which as far as I can see, there is simply no escape.
Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting.