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I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.

Truth's sacred fort th' exploded laugh shall win, And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley with a grin.

The landlord's laugh was ready chorus.

And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep.

How much lies in Laughter: the cipher-key, wherewith we decipher the whole man.

Nothing is more silly than silly laughter.

The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not laughed.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

The vulgar only laugh, but never smile; whereas well-bred people often smile, but seldom laugh.

Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true wit or good sense never excited a laugh since the creation of the world.

A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.

What I saw was equal ecstasy: One universal smile it seemed of all things.

He is not always at ease who laughs.

I have known sorrow--therefore I May laugh with you, O friend, more merrily Than those who never sorrowed upon earth And know not laughter's worth. I have known laughter--therefore I May sorrow with you far more tenderly Than those who never guess how sad a thing Seems merriment to one heart's suffering.

I am the laughter of the new-born child On whose soft-breathing sleep an angel smiled.

Your laugh is of the sardonic kind.

Low gurgling laughter, as sweet As the swallow's song i' the South, And a ripple of dimples that, dancing, meet By the curves of a perfect mouth.

Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least: For wit is news only to ignorance. Lesse at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest Thy person share, and the conceit advance.