1074
Laughter.—To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to men before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.
—Pliny, the Elder.
1075
A good laugh is sunshine in a house.
—Thackeray.
1076
John Dryden said,—"It is a good thing to laugh, and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness, and of health."
1077
He who laughs overmuch may have an aching heart.