Here are some witty mottos to keep you thinking.
Wit is brushwood; judgment timber; the one gives the greatest flame, and the other yields the most durable heat; and both meeting make the best fire. – Overlung
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. – Dorothy Parker
Brevity is the body and soul of wit. – Jean Paul
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark. – Mark Van Doren
Melancholy men are of all others the most witty. – Aristotle
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income. – Lord Chesterfield
Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade. – Noel Coward
People who can’t be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate. – George Eliot
He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it. – Samuel Johnson
Wit is brushwood; judgment timber; the one gives the greatest flame, and the other yields the most durable heat; and both meeting make the best fire. – Overlung
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. – Dorothy Parker
Brevity is the body and soul of wit. – Jean Paul
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark. – Mark Van Doren
Melancholy men are of all others the most witty. – Aristotle
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income. – Lord Chesterfield
Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade. – Noel Coward
People who can’t be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate. – George Eliot
He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it. – Samuel Johnson