Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Cunning
Cunning as a fox.
—Anonymous
Cunning as the counterfeit of wisdom.
—Anonymous
Cunning as the serpent of old Nile.
—Anonymous
Cunning as two Genoese.
—Honoré de Balzac
Cunning as a witch.
—Charlotte Brontë
Cunning as Satan.
—Philip Freneau
As cunning as Becky Sharp.
—James Huneker
Cunning differs from wisdom as twilight from open day.
—Dr. Samuel Johnson
Cunning, like a miner, safely and unseen.
—Edward Moore
Cunning as a weasel.
—Kanuri Proverb
Cunning as Captn. Drake.
—John Ray (Handbook of Proverbs, 1670)