None speak of the bravery the might or the intellect of Jesus but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect political cunning and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much.

The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

If beauty isn't genius it usually signals at least a high level of animal cunning.

I recognize in thieves traitors and murderers in the ruthless and the cunning a deep beauty - a sunken beauty.

With care and skill and cunning art She parried Time's malicious dart And kept the years at bay Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day!

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

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.