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.

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 a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that
which he laughs at, than that which he read more

For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that
which he laughs at, than that which he approves and reveres.
[Lat., Discit enim citius, meminitque libentius ilud
Quod quis deridet, quam quod probat et veneratur.]

Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.

Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.

Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.

Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.

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.

The vulgar only laugh, but never smile; whereas well-bred people
often smile, but seldom laugh.

The vulgar only laugh, but never smile; whereas well-bred people
often smile, but seldom laugh.

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.

The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not
laughed.
[Fr., La plus read more

The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not
laughed.
[Fr., La plus perdue de toutes les journees est celle ou l'on n'a
pas rit.]