"Laughter, while it lasts,
slackens and unbraces the mind,
weakens the faculties and causes
a kind of remissness and dissolution
in all the powers of the soul; and
thus it may be looked on as weakness
in the composition of human nature.
But if we consider the frequent relieves
we receive from it and how often it breaks
the gloom which is apt to depress the mind
and damp our spirits, with transient,
unexpected gleams of joy, one would
take care not to grow too wise
for so great a pleasure of life."
-Malcolm De Chazal

"The earth laughs in flowers."
-Edward. E. Cummings

"There is a form of laughter
that springs from the heart, heard
every day in the merry voice of childhood,
the expression of a laughter...loving spirit
that defies analysis by the philosopher,
which has nothing rigid or mechanical in it,
and totally without social significance.
Bubbling spontaneously from the heart of
child or man. Without egotism and full of
feeling, laughter is the music of life."
-Sir William Osler

"Time spent laughing is
time spent with the Gods."
-Japanese Proverb

"Laughter can be more
satisfying than honor;
more precious than money;
more heart-cleansing than prayer."
-Harriet Rochlin

"Against the assault of
laughter nothing can stand."
-Mark Twain

"People who laugh actually live longer
than those who don't laugh.
Few persons realize that health
actually varies according to
the amount of laughter."
-Dr. James Walsh