The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman

An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.

Wit is the rarest quality to be met with among people of education, and the most common among the uneducated.

They have in themselves what they value in their horse, mettle and bottom