A joke is at most a temporary rebellion against virtue, and its aim is not to degrade the human being but to remind him that he is already degraded.

He who laugheth too much, hath the nature of a fool; he that laugheth not at all, hath the nature of an old cat.

Wit enables us to act rudely with impunity.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at.