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.

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

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.

That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

How much lies in Laughter: the cipher-key, wherewith we decipher
the whole man.

How much lies in Laughter: the cipher-key, wherewith we decipher
the whole man.

And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.

And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.

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.

A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.

A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.

The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the read more

The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the familiar, but in children it came from the shock of the new.