all one's artistic hocus-pocus(all one's skill)

stroll over instead of riding in a carriage(walk rather than ride)

The sea raises no waves.

to mouth malt sugars and dally with one's grandson--an old man enjoys life with no cares

grab and plunder by cajolery and coercion

turn black into white

a bad lot

Good fortune lieth within bad, bad fortune lurketh within good.

delicious(tasty; be good to eat)

fish in trouble waters(to concern oneself in matters where one is likely to run into danger or trouble)

bold and unconstrained

lessons drawn from others’ mistakes

Savage tigers do not eat their whelps.

endure contempt and insults

of few words(be scanty of words)

not care a continental

comparisons of light and heavy

without a qualm(stick at nothing)

summon friends and lead fellow

A door-hinge is never worm-eaten.