Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
William Hazlitt
You cannot fashion a wit out of two half-wits.
Neil Kinnock
Humor is the truth; wit is an exaggeration of the truth.
Stan Laurel
There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.
Stephen Leacock
Irreverence is easy - what's hard is wit.
Tom Lehrer
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
Lucretius
Wit thou well that I will not live long after thy days.
Thomas Malory
Impropriety is the soul of wit.
W. Somerset Maugham
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
Andre Maurois