I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Explain

- Jean de la Bruyere

Writer

· France

• Stairs
• Wit

Just bring your wits. Sometimes that’s the most effective weapon any of us has.

- Jean Ferris

• Weapons
• Wit

I never wear very serious suits. I don’t have to because I don’t go to an office, so it’s fine.

- Jean Pigozzi

Businessman

• Office
• Serious
• Suits

When a king creates an office, Providence creates immediately a fool to buy it.

- Jean-Baptiste Colbert

• Fool
• Kings
• Office

At Newfoundland, it is said, that dried cod performs the office of money

- Jean-Baptiste Say

Economist

· France

• Office

What’s the point of havin’ a rapier wit if I can’t use it to stab people.

- Jeph Jacques

• Wit

I’ve been in office and I’ve been out of office. And if I were to choose, I’d rather be in office.

- Jerry Brown

• Office

Where judgment has wit to express it, there’s the best orator.

- William Penn

Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania

· England

• Judgment
• Wit