He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

[The] play of limbs succeeds the play of wit.

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself

Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities; the meeting of extremes round a corner.

I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson.