In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.
HUMOR, POLITENESS IS ARTIFICIAL GOOD HUMOR
It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you.
When you say a friend has a sense of humor do you mean that he makes you laugh, or that he can make you laugh?
The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.
HUMOR, CONSPICUOUS IN THE ACT OF LAUGHTER
Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.
HUMOR, LIFE HAS A MEASURE OF SORROW