The worst in life, we are told, is compatible with the best in art. So too the worst in life is compatible with the best in humour.

There is a secret and wholesome conviction in the heart of every man or woman who has written a book that it should be no easy matter for an intelligent reader to lay down that book unfinished. There is a pardonable impression among reviewers that half an hour in its company is sufficient.

The worst in life, we are told, is compatible with the best in art. So too the worst in life is compatible with the best in humour.

The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world's mirth.

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

It is impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.

Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.