Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough
to be a wit.

I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough
to be a wit.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

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

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

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for 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.

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.

The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.

The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.

Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest -- read more

Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest -- then we can all die laughing.