What silly people wits are!
[Lat., Que les gens d'esprit sont betes.]

What silly people wits are!
[Lat., Que les gens d'esprit sont betes.]

You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.

You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

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

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

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

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

His wit invites you by his looks to come,
But when you knock, it never is at home.

His wit invites you by his looks to come,
But when you knock, it never is at home.

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 the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.