“Being smart as a whip includes knowing when not to crack it.”
“The trick to being smart is knowing when to play dumb.”
“I don't know what good it is to know so much and be smart as whips and all if it doesn't make you happy.”
“The hand that holds the money cracks the whip.”
“Smart as a whip, kinky enough to own one.”
“No cracking of the whip of wordsdisturbed his peacein a space that sung.”