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.

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

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?

Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time.

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

Humor expands our limited picture frame and gets us to see more than just our problem.

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

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

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.