| 1. | "They are more cunning than practical. - from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde |
| 2. | His newborn cunning gave him poise and control. - from The Call of the Wild by Jack London |
| 3. | Whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable.. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| 4. | 'I was a regular cunning sneak when I was at school. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 5. | "They must be cunning devils," he exclaimed at last. - from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 6. | "Yes," said cunning Peter, "but we are rather lonely. - from Peter Pan by James M. Barrie |
| 7. | The wisdom of our foreheads, the cunning of our knee. - from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling |
| 8. | Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 9. | "He is so cunning that I never know when I am safe from him. - from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle |