HUMOR, MOVE BACK FROM IT A LITTLE
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.
You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.
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.
HUMOR, POLITENESS IS ARTIFICIAL GOOD HUMOR