Never teach your child to be cunning or you may be certain you will be one of the very first victims of his shrewdness.
Those who fled will fight another time.
Shrewdness in public life all over the world is always honored, while honesty in public men is generally attributed to dumbness and is seldom rewarded.
Man with all his shrewdness is as stupid about understanding by himself the mysteries of God, as an ass is incapable of understanding musical harmony.
All you have to do is buy cheap and sell dear, act with thrift and shrewdness, and be persistent.
What boy well raised can compare with your street gamin who has the knowledge and the shrewdness of a grown-up broker.
All the shrewdness of 'man' seeks one thing: to be able to live without responsibility.
There is a kind of shrewdness many men have that enables them to get money. It is the shrewdness of the fox after the chicken. A low order of mentality often goes with it.
Jews are known for many things, but strength, swiftness, and agility are not among them. There is one trait, as controversial as it is familiar, for which Jews are above all known, and that is shrewdness in business.
A prince who is not himself wise cannot be wisely advised. . . . Good advice depends on the shrewdness of the prince who seeks it, and not the shrewdness of the prince on good advice.
The probability of finding a particular book increases in relation to the clarity of the store's focus, the diligence and shrewdness of the bookseller, and the size of the business.
