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No scoundrel is so stupid as to not find a reason for his vile conduct.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

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.

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest man to do.

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

Religion is all-too-often a refuge for scoundrels.

A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.

Nothing is more uninteresting than completely knowing somebody, being totally at ease.