Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.

Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.

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.]

With little wit and ease to suit them,
They whirl in narrow circling trails,
Like kittens playing read more

With little wit and ease to suit them,
They whirl in narrow circling trails,
Like kittens playing with their tails.
[Ger., Mit wenig Witz und viel Behagen
Dreht jeder sich im engen Zirkeltanz
Wie junge Katzen mit dem Schwanz.]

Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.

Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.

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.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Wit is cultured insolence.

The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.

The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.