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Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
[Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.]
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
[Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.]
As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.
As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
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.]
Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately
it is wanted. Men pay severely who require read more
Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately
it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.
Their heads sometimes so little that there is no room for wit;
sometimes so long, that there is no read more
Their heads sometimes so little that there is no room for wit;
sometimes so long, that there is no wit for so much room.
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.
Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.
