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

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

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 unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.

And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.

If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.

If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.

That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

I quickly laugh at everything, for fear of having to cry.

I quickly laugh at everything, for fear of having to cry.

A good laugh is sunshine in a house.

A good laugh is sunshine in a house.

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.]

I have known sorrow--therefore I
May laugh with you, O friend, more merrily
Than those who never read more

I have known sorrow--therefore I
May laugh with you, O friend, more merrily
Than those who never sorrowed upon earth
And know not laughter's worth.
I have known laughter--therefore I
May sorrow with you far more tenderly
Than those who never guess how sad a thing
Seems merriment to one heart's suffering.