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I am the laughter of the new-born child
On whose soft-breathing sleep an angel smiled.
I am the laughter of the new-born child
On whose soft-breathing sleep an angel smiled.
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.
no man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.
no man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.
Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.
Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.
He is not always at ease who laughs.
[Fr., Ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire.]
He is not always at ease who laughs.
[Fr., Ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire.]
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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.
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.
A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
