Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel!

What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch?

Whoever is not a misanthrope at forty can never have loved mankind.

What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?

A man must be excessively stupid, as well as uncharitable, who believes that there is no virtue but on his own side, and that there are not men as honest as himself who may differ from him in political principles.

Safety is the last refuge of the scoundrel!

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Though old himself, he disliked old men.

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.

A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward.

Any man under 30 who is not a liberal has no heart, and any man over thirty who is not a conservative has no brains.