You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.
Wit makes its own welcome and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.