Inspiring Quote by Jane Austen

don't try for wit. Settle for humor. You'll last longer.

— Elsa Maxwell

Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.

— Henry Fielding

Wit and wisdom differ; wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is bringing about ends.

— John Selden

Wisdom lies in taking everything with good humor and a grain of salt.

— George Santayana

Wit is the key, I think, to anybody's heart, because who doesn't like to laugh?

— Julia Roberts

Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs; but honest good humor is the oil and…

— Washington Irving

Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least: For wit is news only to ignorance. Lesse at thine own things laugh; lest in…

— George Herbert

Wisdom is for statues. Humor uncaps our inhibitions, unleashes our energies, seals friendships, patches hurts. Laughing is probably the most alive you can be.

— James Wolcott

Some books we read, tho' few there are that hit the happy point where wisdom joins with wit.

— Benjamin Franklin

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom.

— Paul Tillich

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

— William Shakespeare

A wit should be no more sincere than a woman constant.

— William Congreve