A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we
laugh at all.

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we
laugh at all.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of
the fool: this also is read more

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of
the fool: this also is vanity.

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.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.

Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.

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.

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.]

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.