Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
Wit is thought to be a quality rare in comedians. It is so natural to suppose that persons who spend their lives in showing things on the outside have nothing within.[L’esprit passe pour une qualité rare chez les comédiens. Il est si naturel de supposer que les gens qui dépensent leur vie à tout mettre en dehors n’aient rien au dedans!]
