Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in a solitude. You grow up on the day you have your first laugh at, yourself. Laughter - An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and , though intermittent, incurable.
Few persons realize that health actually varies according to the amount of laughter.
If you're not using your smile, you're like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook. Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak, speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are.