Laugh Often

Benjamin Franklin Inventor, Statesman, Author

"Those who laugh often never grow old."

Arthur Conan Doyle Writer, Physician

"He burst into one of his rare fits of laughter as he turned away from the picture. I have not heard him laugh often, and it has always boded ill to somebody."

Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

"To have played and laughed with enthusiasm, and sung with exultation - this to to have succeeded."

Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

"To laugh often and much ... this is to have succeeded. Probably not from Emerson: here's the full quotation and the story."