Laughing cheerfulness throws the light of day on all the paths of life; sorrow is more confusing and distracting than so-called giddiness. Jean Paul.
Laughter almost ever cometh of things most disproportioned to ourselves. Sir P. Sidney.
Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility; one is wind-power, and the other water-power, that is all. Holmes.
Laughter, holding both his sides. Milton. 15
Laughter is akin to weeping, and true humour is as closely allied to pity as it is abhorrent to derision. H. Giles.
Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species. Leigh Hunt.
Laughter is the cipher-key wherewith we decipher the whole man. Carlyle.
Laughter leaves us doubly serious shortly after. Byron.
Laughter makes good blood. It. Pr. 20
Laughter should dimple the cheek, not furrow the brow. Feltham.