For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that
which he laughs at, than that which he read more

For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that
which he laughs at, than that which he approves and reveres.
[Lat., Discit enim citius, meminitque libentius ilud
Quod quis deridet, quam quod probat et veneratur.]

And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep.

And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it around like marmelade.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it around like marmelade.

Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.

Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.

He is not always at ease who laughs.
[Fr., Ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire.]

He is not always at ease who laughs.
[Fr., Ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire.]

Unless a man or woman has experienced the darkness of the soul he or she can know nothing of that read more

Unless a man or woman has experienced the darkness of the soul he or she can know nothing of that transforming laughter without which no hint of the ultimate reality of the opposites can be faintly intuited.

I am the laughter of the new-born child
On whose soft-breathing sleep an angel smiled.

I am the laughter of the new-born child
On whose soft-breathing sleep an angel smiled.

How much lies in Laughter: the cipher-key, wherewith we decipher
the whole man.

How much lies in Laughter: the cipher-key, wherewith we decipher
the whole man.

There is a voice in the Universe urging us to remember our purpose for being on this great Earth. This read more

There is a voice in the Universe urging us to remember our purpose for being on this great Earth. This is the voice of inspiration, which is within each and every one of us.