WHEN WIT IS COMBINED WITH SENSE AND INFORMATION; WHEN IT IS SOFTENED BY BENEVOLENCE AND RESTRAINED BY STRONG PRINCIPLE; WHEN IT IS IN THE HANDS OF A MAN WHO CAN USE IT AND DESPISE IT, WHO CAN BE WITTY AND SOMETHING MUCH BETTER THAN WITTY, WHO LOVES HONOUR, JUSTICE, DECENCY, GOOD-NATURE, MORALITY AND RELIGION, TEN THOUSAND TIMES BETTER THAN WIT;-WIT IS THEN A BEAUTIFUL AND DELIGHTFUL PART OF OUR NATURE. SYDNEY SMITH. |