Delicate humor is the crowning virtue of the saints.

We are fonder of visiting our friends in health than in sickness. We judge less favorably of their characters when any misfortune happens to them; and a lucky hit, either in business or reputation, improves even their personal appearance in our eyes.

The true object of human life is play.

Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy; but, my friend, these I reckon will give you a good lift.

Most folk are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Better be happy than wise.

My husband wasn't listening when the doctor asked for "a urine, stool, and semen sample" . . . so I just told him they wanted his shorts.

Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration.

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

Humour is the most engaging cowardice. With it myself I have been able to hold some of my enemy in play far out of gunshot.

It's just that, with comedy, the circumstances are just crazy-heightened, and you have these crazy things thrown at you. But you still have to do it truthfully, because that's where the humor comes from.

You want comedic themes to be recogniseable life truths that we all battle with, and with that comes the healing properties of comedy.