“Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.”
“Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.”
“Comedy is the last refuge of the nonconformist mind.”
“Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.”
“The absolute truth is the thing that makes people laugh”
“The hall-mark of American humor is its pose of illiteracy.”
“People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.”
“If you can make a woman laugh you can do anything with her.”
“Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.”
“Where ever you find humor, you find pathos close by it side.”
“Anyone without a sense of humor is at the mercy of everyone else.”
“A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.”
“A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth.”
“One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.”
“If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.”
“A brilliant epigram is a solemn platitude gone to a masquerade ball.”
“The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow.”
“Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.”
“The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.”
“Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.”
“A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused.”
“Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.”
“Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice.”
“Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears.”
“We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.”
“The happiness or unhappiness of men depends as much on their humors as on fortune.”
“The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.”
“A jest often decides matters of importance more effectual and happily than seriousness.”
“There are things of deadly earnest that can only be mentioned under the cover of a joke.”
“There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray.”