And any justice who does not want to be thought a fool or a knave will take care to craft persuasive opinions that show the reasonableness of his or her conclusions.
You look a fool at the best, and a knave at worst.
anarrant knave hypocrite, swindler ]
"Once a knave, ever a knave."
A crafty knave needs no broker.
He knew when the knave knelt on his knees, he had a knife in his knitted knickers.
The Welsh Captain describes Pistol as a "rascally, scald [scabby], beggarly, lousy, pragging [show-off] knave"in Henry 5.