Fine wits destroy themselves with their own plots, in meddling with gr — Wit

"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."

"Nul naura de lesprit, hors nous et nos amis."

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

"Evn wits a burthen, when it talks too long."

"Mother Wit. (Natures mother wit)."

"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."