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.

And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.

And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.

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.]

Nothing is more silly than silly laughter.
[Lat., Nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.]

Nothing is more silly than silly laughter.
[Lat., Nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.]

A good laugh is sunshine in a house.

A good laugh is sunshine in a house.

Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.

Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.

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.

When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
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When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
When the air does laugh with our merry wit,
And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.