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.

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

Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act.

Some things are privileged from jest—namely, religion, matters of state, great persons, all men’s present business of importance, and any case that deserves pity.