A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet wash.

A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet wash.

Learn from the earliest days to insure your principles against the perils of ridicule; you can no more exercise your read more

Learn from the earliest days to insure your principles against the perils of ridicule; you can no more exercise your reason if you live in the constant dread of laughter, that you can enjoy your life if you are in the constant terror of death.

Low gurgling laughter, as sweet
As the swallow's song i' the South,
And a ripple of dimples read more

Low gurgling laughter, as sweet
As the swallow's song i' the South,
And a ripple of dimples that, dancing, meet
By the curves of a perfect mouth.

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

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.

A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.

A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.

We have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.

We have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.

Nothing is more silly than silly laughter.
[Lat., Nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.]

Nothing is more silly than silly laughter.
[Lat., Nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.]

And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.

And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.