O! Learn to read what silent love hath writ:to hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit.

Life writes the poetry, but it will always call for witnesses and scribes alike to tattoo its echoes upon the ghosts of trees.

Wit is the salt of conversation not the food and few things in the world are more wearying than a sarcastic attitude towards life.

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity.

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

Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind.

True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.

Being here to witness the beauty, to learn, to be astonished, to love - is enough. Being able to create in addition is a delightful honour.

Those who are most sincere are also the most morally suspect, as well as being incapable of producing or appreciating wit.

Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it.