I should stop myself from dying if a good joke or a good idea occurred to me

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

The joke loses everything when the joker laughs himself.