Knows Quote by John Selden

Wit in women is a jewel, which, unlike all others, borrows lustre from its setting, rather than bestows it; since nothing is so easy…

— Charles Caleb Colton

There is naught a man or woman can not learn who hath the wit.

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

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

— William Congreve

Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.

— Elizabeth Montagu

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless…

— Anonymous

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers…

— Florence King

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless…

— Philip Dormer Stanhope

A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty.

— William Congreve

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

— Henry Fielding

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

— Elsa Maxwell

To many women mistake a man's hostility for wit and his silence for depth.

— Sue Grafton

Wit does not take the place of knowledge.

— Luc de Clapiers