Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

Wit is far more often a shield than a lance

Wit is far more often a shield than a lance

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.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

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.

Brevity is the body and soul of wit.

Brevity is the body and soul of wit.

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.]