“I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.”

“It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.”

“Calumniate calumniate there will always be something which sticks.”

“Vilify! Vilify! Some of it will always stick.”

“The only things that distinguish us from the rest of the animals Madam is our habit of drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at any time.”

“Nature says to a woman: 'Be beautiful if you can wise if you want to but be respected that is essential.'”

“We look before and after,And pine for what is not;Our sincerest laughterWith some pain is fraught;Our sweetest songs are those that tell Of saddest thought.”

“I know why we laugh. We laugh because it hurts, and it's the only thing to make it stop hurting.”

“MARCUS ANDRONICUS: Now is a time to storm; why art thou still?TITUS ANDRONICUS: Ha, ha, ha!MARCUS ANDRONICUS: Why dost thou laugh? it fits not with this hour.TITUS ANDRONICUS: Why, I have not anoth...”