Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it.

Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks and wreathed Smiles

Nice philosophy/ May tolerate unlikely arguments,/ But heaven admits no jest.

All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.

Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.

Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, and now I know it