“In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour.”— Henri Bergson
“Laughter is a response to frustration, just as tears are, and it solves nothing, just as tears do.”— Konrad Lorenz
“Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.”— Josh Billings
“Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.”— Erma Bombeck
“We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.”— Jean de La Bruyère
“A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people.”— John Cleese