Wit is cultured insolence.

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.

Wit is educated insolence.

Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities; the meeting of extremes round a corner.

At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30, the wit; at 40, the judgment.

Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.