The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it.
James ThurberA husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of the home.
James ThurberThe laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
James Thurber