Conceit contributes more to conversation than wit.

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.

It is a great misfortune to have the wit to speak, but not the sense when to remain silent.

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.