Belly Quote by Benjamin Franklin

There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad.

— Joseph Joubert

Melancholy men, of all others, are the most witty.

— Aristotle

Every one is witty for his owne purpose.

— George Herbert

I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.

— William Shakespeare

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet…

— Thomas Hobbes

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

— Andre Maurois

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Men of humor are always in some degree men of genius; wits are rarely so, although a man of genius may, amongst other gifts,…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...

— Terry Pratchett

I am sure that few successful men are so-called 'natural geniuses.'

— Charles M. Schwab

There are many foolish people in the world and when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills, slaps them on…

— W. Somerset Maugham