As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.

As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.

Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike

Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike

Wit is far more often a shield than a lance

Wit is far more often a shield than a lance

Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

It is by such encounters that wits come to know each other.
[Ger., Les beaux esprits lernen einander durch read more

It is by such encounters that wits come to know each other.
[Ger., Les beaux esprits lernen einander durch dergleichen
recontre erkennen.]

I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough
to be a wit.

I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough
to be a wit.

Brevity is the body and soul of wit.

Brevity is the body and soul of wit.

Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion