“A man often runs the risk of throwing away a witticism if he admits that it is his own.”
“A man often runs the risk of throwing away a witticism if he admits that it is his own.”
“I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n'ai jamais d'esprit qu'au bas de l'escalier.]”
“Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.”
“It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent.”