Sarcasm is like cheap wine - it leaves a terrible aftertaste.
A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.
Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be devastated THEN
A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.
The owner of one club once interrupted my set to inform me that my taxi had arrived. I don't think he meant it to sound as cutting as it did.
At the best, sarcasms, bitter irony, scathing wit, are a sort of swordplay of the mind. You pink your adversary, and he is forthwith dead; and then you deserve to be hung for it.
A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
His fine wit Makes such a wound, the knife is lost in it.
