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.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Wit is cultured insolence.

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.

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

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

Brevity is the body and soul of wit.

Brevity is the body and soul of wit.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

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.

An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.

An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.