O, you shall see him laugh till his face be like a wet cloak ill laid up!
Nowadays humour and a fine style have disappeared, and abuse is accepted as wit.[Ныне юмор и хороший слог исчезают и ругательства заместо остроты принимаются.]
Now I perceive the devil understands Welsh, and ’tis no marvel he is so humorous.
No-one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away.
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the funniest joke in the world.
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever. Have you thought of going into teaching?
It was sad music. But it waved the sadness like a battle flag. It said the universe had done all it could but you were still alive.
It is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.
It is very difficult sometimes to keep awake, especially at church, but there is no difficulty at all about sleeping.[The Canterville Ghost]
Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.
In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She’d much prefer to read a good book.
