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.

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality good humor is an acceptance of it.

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?

What we're doing is fun - if you have any sense of humor at all!

Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice.

Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.

That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.