People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is educated insolence.

Wit is educated insolence.

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.]

Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get
blunted.

Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get
blunted.

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

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

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

Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.

Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.