HUMOR, POLITENESS IS ARTIFICIAL GOOD HUMOR
There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.
HUMOR, DEFENSE AGAINST ADVERSE FORTUNE
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.
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