Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get
blunted.

Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get
blunted.

Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike

Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Wit is far more often a shield than a lance

Wit is far more often a shield than a lance

An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.

An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Wit is cultured insolence.