There's always a gulf between what we want and what we truly want. And what we think we want is a third thing.( Magnanimous Peter, aka ReliableInsider )

Wit is a form of intellectual humour. A wit (person) is someone skilled in making witty remarks. Forms of wit include: the quip and the repartee.



The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. (C.Jung)

witty remarks may be intentionally cruel (as in many epigrams), and perhaps more ingenious than funny.



Maybe the investment metaphor is the right one.
Don't trust just the most trustworthy person.
Trust hundreds of people in a hundred different ways.
Some of those investments will end in tears. But if you can sufficiently diversify your portfolio, and reach out in a wide circle to the people around you, and if you follow your dreams and travel the world . . .
you will end up rich in experiences.

A quip is an observation or saying that has some wit but perhaps descends into sarcasm, or otherwise is short of point; a witticism also suggests the diminutive. Repartee is the wit of the quick answer and capping comment: the snappy comeback and neat retort. (Wilde: "I wish I'd said that." Whistler: "You will, Oscar, you will".)



Life should be an adventure. Not a municipal bond fund. ( ReliableInsider )

An episode of television series The Simpsons defined wit, in Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield as "nothing more than an incisive observation, humorously phrased and delivered with impeccable timing."

Life is a sexually transmitted disease.
(R.D.Laing)

Another possible definition of wit, or humor, loosely attributable to Freud, is "anger, turned sideways".

Wit can also mean intelligence, sharpness and cleverness. A witty person is likely to be intelligent.