HUMOR, POLITENESS IS ARTIFICIAL GOOD HUMOR
You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.
There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.
HUMOR, DEFENSE AGAINST ADVERSE FORTUNE
It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you.
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?
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.