Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit is cultured insolence.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
[Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.]

Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
[Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.]

He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.

Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.