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- Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. — Oscar Wilde
- When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. — William Shakespeare
- A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy. — Thomas Carlyle
- The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess. — James Thurber
- Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man. — James Thurber
- The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal. — James Thurber