The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
Oliver GoldsmithWho mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth: If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.
Oliver GoldsmithWit generally succeeds more from being happily addressed than from its native poignancy. A jest, calculated to spread at a gaming-table, may be received with, perfect indifference should it happen to drop in a mackerel-boat.
Oliver Goldsmith