To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.

Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.

Brevity is the body and soul of wit.

Brevity is the body and soul of wit.

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any read more

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.

Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:
Hast thou the knack? pamper read more

Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:
Hast thou the knack? pamper it not with liking;
But if thou want it, buy it not too deare
Many affecting wit beyond their power,
Have got to be a deare fool for an houre.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.