"Viekas ja viisas kun vanaha kettu. (Ähtäri) (KVL)"

"Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken …"

"Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise."

"We take cunning for a sinister or crooked wisdom. And certainly there is a great difference, between a cunning man, a…"

"And because these cunning men, are like haberdashers of small wares, it is not amiss to set forth their shop."

"CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much me…"

"the cunning the craven … they live for until though the sun in his heaven says Now"

"At the same time that I think discretion the most useful talent a man can be master of, I look upon cunning to be the…"

"Wisdom and truth, the offspring of the sky, are immortal; while cunning and deception, the meteors of the earth, afte…"

"Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses."