Laughter tends to mock the pompous and the pretentious; all man's boastful gadding about, all his pretty pomps, his hoary customs, his wornout creeds, changing the glitter of them into the dullest hue of lead.

A laugh is the loud echo of a sigh; a sigh the faint echo of a laugh.

It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it.

Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.

Oh Lord, give us a sense of humor with courage to manifest it forth, so that we may laugh to shame the pomps, the vanities, the sense of self-importance of the Big Fellows that the world sometimes sends among us, and who try to take our peace away.

When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me.

The secret to happiness is to find a congenial monotony.