It is interesting how men of wit are remembered more than those of great religiosity.

Wit, it seems to me, is a quality that is both envied and held in contempt. Wit can involve wordplay, irony, satire, sarcasm and even cynicism. Personally, I find the cynic rather dull and brooding. When I think of wit, names like Shakespeare, Voltaire, Twain and Wilde come to mind, men whose religiosity was almost certainly below average. But I am also reminded of Tennyson's line, "Too much wit makes the world rotten."

Don't forget the men (and women) who have no wit and no religion and the men (and women) who have wit and religion though I'll grant you that those two groups I mentioned might not be as large as yours.

And women!