All LORD CHESTERFIELD Quotes about “Wit”

“A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share in another.”
“A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.”
“I love every-day senses, every-day wit and entertainment; a man who is only good on holidays, is good for very little.”
“Women's beauty, like men's wit, is generally fatal to the owners.”
“If you have wit, use it to please and not to hurt: you may shine like the sun in the temperate zones without scorching.”
“A joker is near akin to a buffoon; and neither of them is the least related to wit.”
“I always put these pert jackanapeses out of countenance by looking extremely grave when they expect that I should laugh at their pleasantries; and by saying Well, and so?--as if they had not done, and that the sting were still to come. This disconcerts them, as they have no resources in themselves, and have but one set of jokes to live upon.”

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