Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with
silly things; for true wit or read more

Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with
silly things; for true wit or good sense never excited a laugh
since the creation of the world.

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.

And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.

And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.

Your laugh is of the sardonic kind.

Your laugh is of the sardonic kind.

Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.

Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

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.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.