“Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.”

“Anything having to do with food is pleasurable for me. Any conversation about food, review of food, story of food, picture of food, thought of food…”

“On Swinburne - He invited me to eat; the service was silver and gold, but no food therein save pepper and salt.”

“Fish, eggs, meat, salt, chillies, and asafoetida are Rajasic food-stuffs; they excite passion and make the mind restless, unsteady, and uncontrollable.”

“Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit,
But God to man doth speak in solitude.”

“Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty.”

“Tis an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery's the food of fools;
Yet now and then your men of wit
Will condescend to take a bit.”

“His vigor was always infectious, his wit barbed, his conversation a mixture of obscenity and good humor. He was at once stimulating and overbearing. George was a magnificent soldier.”

“The point is that nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.”

““What’s a simurgh?”
“A member of the winged species avian simurghi,” sniffed the simurgh. “Easy to identify because of his gorgeous plumage, ready wit, intelligent conversation, amiable disposition, and fabulous abilities.””