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That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.

This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I wanted to do a comedy, so this was just the right one.

The well of true wit is truth itself.

A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.

Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.

The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty.

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude.

Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.

Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.

Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was non-existent. It is thus with all guilt.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of people have given their time and their skill, and a good deal of wit, and Anchorage has made us extraordinarily welcome.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.