A good laugh is sunshine in a house.

A good laugh is sunshine in a house.

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.

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.

And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

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.]

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.

And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep.

And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep.

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.