Evn wits a burthen, when it talks too long. — Wit

"This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among lords."

"Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide."

"For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each others aid, like man and wife."

"Some mens wit is like a dark lantern, which serves their own turn and guides them their own way, but is never known (according to the Scripture phrase) either to shine forth before men, or to glorify their Father in heaven."

"To the many, witticisms not only require to be explained, like riddles, but are also like new shoes, which people require to wear many times before they get accustomed to them."

"Make the doors upon a womans wit and it will out at the casement; shut that and twill out at the key-hole; stop that, twill fly with the smoke out at the chimney."