Wit is the lowest form of humor. – Alexander Pope
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends. – Alexander Pope

Wit is the lowest form of humor. – Alexander Pope
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends. – Alexander Pope
Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example. – Alexander Pope
Behold the child, by Natures kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. – Alexander Pope
For one seldom hears a genuine laugh nowadays, and much of the phraseology of laughter is a mere fashion of speech. There are many people whose sides have never ached from over-indulgence in the outward expression of mirth…. With some persons a wheeze or a chuckle is the utmost they can compass. – “Laughter,” in The Spectator for the week ending Saturday, January 19, 1889