He laughs best who laughs last.

He laughs best who laughs last.

Laugh, and be fat, sir, your penance is known.
They that love mirth, let them heartily drink,
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Laugh, and be fat, sir, your penance is known.
They that love mirth, let them heartily drink,
'Tis the only receipt to make sorrow sink.

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.

The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.

The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are.

When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are.

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.

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.

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.