"A day without laughter is a day wasted."
— Charlie Chaplin

"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face."
— Victor Hugo

"Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine."
— Lord Byron

"Laughter is an instant vacation."
— Milton Berle

"The human race has only one really effective weapon, and that is laughter."
— Mark Twain

"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people."
— Victor Borge

"To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it."
— Charlie Chaplin

"Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart."
— Mort Walker

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

"The earth laughs in flowers."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

"He who laughs, lasts."
— Mary Pettibone Poole

"You don't stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing."
— George Bernard Shaw (attributed)

"Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects."
— Arnold H. Glasow

"I live by the principle that if you’re not laughing, you’re not living."
— Unknown (often quoted in various forms)