As the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, the Queen feels she cannot be seen to smile in church - and her natural reaction is to combat mirth by putting on a stern face.

Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and mystical, they are romantic and ironic, they are cruel and tender, and full of mirth and despair.

I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.

It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.

Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth.

Pippin glanced in some wonder at the face now close beside his own, for the sound of that laugh had been gay and merry. Yet in the wizard's face he saw at first only lines of care and sorrow; though as he looked more intently he perceived that under all there was a great joy: a fountain of mirth enough to set a kingdom laughing, were it to gush forth.

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.

Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional they are sceptical and mystical they are romantic and ironic they are cruel and tender and full of mirth and despair.

I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.

It is not time for mirth and laughter the cold gray dawn of the morning after.

Fun I love but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun and happiness is better than mirth.

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.