Wit is a thing capable of proof.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food, and few things in the world are more wearying than a sarcastic attitude towards life.

English civilization rests largely upon tea and cricket, with mighty spurts of enjoyment on Derby Day, and at Newmarket.

We owe to one another all the wit and good humour we can command; and nothing so clears our mental vistas as sympathetic and intelligent conversation.

Woman is quick to revere genius, but in her secret soul she seldom loves it.

Traveling is, and has always been, more popular than the traveler.

People who pin their faith to a catchword never feel the necessity of understanding anything.