I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.

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 does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.

Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.

One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sense of humor.

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.