HUMOR, SENSE OF HUMOR
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.
There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.
HUMOR, DEFENSE AGAINST ADVERSE FORTUNE
Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.
HUMOR, LIFE HAS A MEASURE OF SORROW
Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.
HUMOR, MOVE BACK FROM IT A LITTLE
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