Mirth
is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a
gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment;
cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the
mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual
serenity.
-- Joseph Addison
1672-1719, British
Essayist, Poet, Statesman
I have
a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of
humor.
-- Edward Albee
1928-, American
Playwright, Dramatist
The
secret to humor is surprise.
-- Aristotle
BC 384-322, Greek
Philosopher
Among
those whom I like or admire, I can find no common
denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all
of them make me laugh.
-- W. H. Auden
1907-1973,
Anglo-American Poet