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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
- Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon with them, but they are the money of fools. — Thomas Hobbes
- A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life. — Thomas Hobbes
- A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him. — Thomas Hobbes