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