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.

Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with
silly things; for true wit or read more

Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with
silly things; for true wit or good sense never excited a laugh
since the creation of the world.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

A good laugh is sunshine in a house.

A good laugh is sunshine in a house.

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.

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.]

From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day read more

From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.

A man isn't poor if he can still laugh.

A man isn't poor if he can still laugh.

What I saw was equal ecstasy:
One universal smile it seemed of all things.
[It., Cio ch'io read more

What I saw was equal ecstasy:
One universal smile it seemed of all things.
[It., Cio ch'io vedeva mi sembrava un riso
Dell's universo.]