"It is a humble truth that fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?"

"Wisdom principle 38 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 16."

"The tapestry of existence shows us that the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."

"I think we're all good and bad, but good's not funny. Bad is funny. Suppress the good and let the bad out, and then you can be funny."

"Comedy is like music, and the way to make the best music is to have skilled musicians in your band."

"The middle class is so funny, it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny."

"There's something dangerous about what's funny. Jarring and disconcerting. There is a connection between funny and scary."