“Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.”
“Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.”
“Anyone without a sense of humor is at the mercy of everyone else.”
“A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.”
“A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth.”
“One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.”
“A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.”
“If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.”
“Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.”
“A brilliant epigram is a solemn platitude gone to a masquerade ball.”
“The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow.”
“Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.”
“The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.”
“Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.”
“A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused.”
“Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.”
“Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice.”
“I am a great friend to public amusements, for they keep the people from vice.”
“Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears.”
“We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.”
“The happiness or unhappiness of men depends as much on their humors as on fortune.”
“The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.”
“A jest often decides matters of importance more effectual and happily than seriousness.”
“There are things of deadly earnest that can only be mentioned under the cover of a joke.”
“There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray.”
“It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humor.”
“I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.”
“If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.”
“Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.”
“Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law.”