If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.

Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.

—Edgar Watson Howe

The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.

—Edgar Watson Howe

A poem is no place for an idea.

—Edgar Watson Howe

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

—Edgar Watson Howe

Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

—Edgar Watson Howe

Laughter is by definition healthy.

—Doris Lessing

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.

—Bob Newhart

The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.

—Bill Nye

We laugh a lot. That's for sure. Sure beats the alternative, doesn't it?

—Betty White

He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh.

—Unknown