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| A laugh costs too much if it is bought at the expense of propriety. Quintillian. | 1 |
| A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market. Lamb, Franklin. | 2 |
| By much laughter you detect the fool. Latin. | 3 |
| Commonly he is not stricken again who laughs when he strikes. | 4 |
| Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful. | 5 |
| He is not laughed at, who laughs at himself first. | 6 |
| He laughs ill that laughs himself to death. | 7 |
| He laughs well (or best) who laughs last. French, Italian. | 8 |
| He that laughs alone will be sport in company. | 9 |
| He that laughs at his ain joke spoils the sport o’ it. | 10 |
| He that laughs on Friday may cry on Sunday. French. | 11 |
| He who laughs at impertinence makes himself an accomplice. Chinese. | 12 |
| He who laughs last laughs best. French, Italian, German, Danish. | 13 |
| He who made free of the old man laughed at first and cried afterwards. Spanish. | 14 |
| He who laughs not in the morning laughs not at noon. Modern Greek. | 15 |
| He who laughs over much may have an aching heart. Italian. | 16 |
| He who laughs too much hath the nature of a fool; he that laugheth not at all hath the nature of an old cat. | 17 |
| He who tickles himself laughs when he pleases. German, Dutch, Danish. | 18 |
| His lungs are very sensible for everything makes them laugh. | 19 |
| I had rather laugh when the battle is won. Archbishop Herring. | 20 |
| It is as much intemperance to weep too much as to laugh too much. | 21 |
| Laugh and grow fat. | 22 |
| Laugh if you’re wise. Martial. | 23 |
| Laughter does not prove a mind at ease. French. | 24 |
| Laughter is the hiccup of a fool. | 25 |
| Laughter leaves us doubly serious shortly after. Byron. | 26 |
| Laughter makes good blood. Italian. | 27 |
| Let him laugh who is at the right hand side of the hedge. | 28 |
| Let me go warm and folks may laugh. Spanish, Portuguese. | 29 |
| Nothing is sillier than a silly laugh. Catullus. | 30 |
| One never wept but another laughed. Italian. | 31 |
| The laughter of the cottage is the most hearty. Latin. | 32 |
| The loud laugh speaks the vacant mind. | 33 |
| The more fools, the more laughter. French. | 34 |
| The thief’s wife does not always laugh. Italian. | 35 |
| They laugh that win. Shakespeare. | 36 |
| To laugh in one’s face, and cut his throat. | 37 |
| To laugh in one’s sleeve. | 38 |
| We must laugh before we are happy for fear of dying before we are happy at all. La Bruyère. | 39 |
| Who laughs at others’ ills, has his own behind the door. Italian. | 40 |
| Who laughs on Friday will cry on Saturday. German. | 41 |
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