Anything that makes you laugh. But the finest sort draws a tear along with the laugh. – George Bernard Shaw
Humor, however broad and genial, takes a narrower view than enthusiasm. – Thoreau
Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, at which the audience never fails to laugh? – Aristophanes, Frogs
I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies.
I know the croaking chorus from The Frogs of Aristophanes! – Major General Stanley
Brevity is the soul of wit. – Hamlet Prince of Denmark, Act 2, Scene ii
Humor is also a way of saying something serious. – T.S. Eliot
Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money. – Arthur Miller
We are not amused. – Queen Victoria
A jest’s prosperity lies in the ear of him that hears it, Never in the tongue of him that makes it. – Love’s Labors Lost, Act 5, Scene ii
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator,
but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. – W.H. Auden