Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.

Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.

An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.

An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.

We grant, although he had much wit,
H' was very shy of using it,
As being loth read more

We grant, although he had much wit,
H' was very shy of using it,
As being loth to wear it out,
And therefore bore it not about;
Unless on holy days or so,
As men their best apparel do.

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

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

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

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.

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.]