No time to break jests when the heartstrings are about to be broken.

He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar by the bargain.

Jest not with the two-edged sword of God's word.

And however are Dennises take offence, A double meaning shows double sense; And if proverbs tell truth, A double tooth Is wisdom's adopted dwelling.

People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks.

A joke's a very serious thing.