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"Never injure a friend, even in jest." »Marcus Tullius Cicero
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"Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest." »Samuel Johnson
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"Of all the griefs that harass the distrest,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest." »Samuel Johnson
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"A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it." »William Shakespeare
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"Fear not a jest. If one throws salt at you, you will not be harmed unless you have sore places." »Latin Proverb
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"Bootless grief hurts a man?s self, but patience makes a jest of an injury." »R Chamberlain
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"Alas, poor Yorick I knew him Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy..." »William Shakespeare
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"Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit." »Aristotle
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"Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit." »Aristotle
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"Alas, poor Yorick I knew him, Horatio a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now your gambols, your songs your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar Not one now, to mock your own grinning Quite chap-fallen Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come." »William Shakespeare
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