Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure.
But the extraordinary insight which some persons are able to gain of others from indications so slight that it is difficult to ascertain what they are, is certainly rendered more comprehensible by the view here taken.
After wisdom comes wit.
Intelligence is predatory, but full of fastidiousness and frights.
Sound judgement, with discernment is the best of seers
A quick and sound judgment, good common sense, kind feeling, and an instinctive perception of character, in these are the elements of what is called tact, which has so much to do with acceptability and success in life.
Penetration has an air of divination; it pleases our vanity more than any other quality of the mind.
Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.
you can give it a long name if you like, but I'm an old-fashioned woman and I call it mother-wit, and it's so rare for a man to have it that if he does you write a book about him and call him Sherlock Holmes.
