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.]

Great wits and valours, like great states,
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.

Great wits and valours, like great states,
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Wit is cultured insolence.

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

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

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 is far more often a shield than a lance

Wit is far more often a shield than a lance

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to quote another's wit.

The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to quote another's wit.