Excerpt from The Wise and Ingenious Companion, French and English, or a Collection of the Wit, of the Illustrious Persons, Both Ancient and Modern: Containing Their Wife Sayings, Noble Sentiments, Witty Repartees, Jests and Pleasant Stories The Frencb call Ban: . Mot: all thofe witty Say ings and ingenious Replies which are the refqlt of a true Judgment, and pf a happy and quiclg Imagination. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.