He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
Wit is educated insolence.
He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.
Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble.
He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.