Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?
People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
As I neared her, I bent to help her up, and was nearly knocked over her.
Humor is also a way of saying something serious.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.