Laughter

“Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.”

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!”

“People do not mind being wicked; but they object to being made ridiculous.”

“The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in.”

“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.”

“The refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.”

“Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.”

“A merry heart does good, like a medicine.”

“It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.”

“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.”

“Divorces are made in Heaven.”

“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.”

“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”

“He who laughs last laughs longest.”

“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”

“A time to laugh, and a time to weep.”