When used in a kindly manner, it i.s a most agreeable faculty, but when used rashly, it often cuts like a knife, and leaves a jagged, rankling wound. Religion does not destroy wit. What a good, yet witty and cheerful, man Bishop Hill was. Wit is a matter of the intellect, the instantaneous action of an elastic mind. I may assert, too, that women, as a rule, are not witty or humorous.
Women lack the sense of humour to a large extent.
The Irish are witty and humorous, while the Scotch and Manx are humorous and droll, and often, from the two latter, gleams of dry humour flash out naturally and spontanecsusly, which are very refreshing. There are various specimens of witty people. Like musical people, wits are very jealous of each other. The wit of some men glimmers, but seldom sparkles. A witty man is generally a great talker, and likes to monopolize all the conversation to himself in displaying his powers.