Quotes On Wit

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.- William Hazlitt

True wit is nature to advantage dress’d,
What oft as thought, but ne’er so well, express’d.- Pope

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.- Shakespeare : Twelfth Night

Sharp wits, like sharp knives, do often cut their owner’s
fingers.- Arrowsmith

The more wit, the less courage.- Thomas Fuller

Wit ought to be glorious treat, like caviare, never
spread it about like marmalade.- Noel Coward

Wit is the rarest quality to be met with among people of
education, and the most common among the educated.- William Hazlitt

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

A witty woman is a treasure, a witty beauty is a power.- George Meredith