wit

An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.

—Plato

The scope of one’s personality is defined by the magnitude of that problem which is capable of driving a person out of his wits.

—Sigmund Freud

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

—Oscar Wilde

Wit is educated insolence.

—Aristotle

Brevity is the soul of wit.

—William Shakespeare