The landlord's laugh was ready chorus.

The landlord's laugh was ready chorus.

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.

One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.

One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.