Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon, If you listen to popular rumour; From morning to night he's so joyous and bright, And he bubbles with wit and good humour!
He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit.
If we had time and no money, living by our wits, what story would you tell?
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.
Fashion is always silly, for, before it can spread far, it must be calculated for silly people; as examples of sense, wit, or ingenuity could be imitated only by a few.
I am grateful to Stacy Schiff first of all because she can write a sentence-because she offers us her scholarship with wit, clarity, and grace. Once again, she has done what only the best writers can do: she has made the world new, again.
Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.
The essay must be artistically rendered: You must keep the reader engaged, whether with wit, conflict, mischief, andor yes, with honesty.
I have no great quickness of apprehension or wit which is so remarkable in some clever men, for instance Huxley
The wit of a family is usually best received among strangers.
I get it, I get it. I get it, I get it. Your hustle don't ever go unnoticed baby, I'm wit you, I'm wit it.
Some books we read, tho' few there are that hit the happy point where wisdom joins with wit.
There must be love, and understanding, to betray. Most men haven't the wit or the honor for betrayal: not to know it when they see it; not the stomach to apprehend it as they do it. Most men, blind and dumb in their self-centeredness, don't betray: they merely disappoint.
There are as many and innumerable degrees of wit, as there are cubits between this and heaven.
Wit thou well that I will not live long after thy days.
When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wander a little from the truth.
The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.
Styles in wit change so.
I value each woman for what she has to offer whether it be charm-beauty-wit-intelligence or humor but warmth is the quality I value most.
A good wit will make use of anything.