Wit in conversation is only a readiness of thought and a facility of expression, or a quick conception and an easy delivery.
Alexander PopeTalk what you will of taste, my friend, you'll find two of a face as soon as of a mind.
Alexander PopeThe bookful blockhead ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always list'ning to himself appears. All books he reads, and all he reads assails.
Alexander PopeAll looks yellow to a jaundiced eye that habitually compares everything to something better. But by changing that habit to comparing everything to something worse, even making it a game, that person can find gratitude, relief and happiness where-ever they go and whatever they experience, guaranteed!
Alexander Pope