Ocupation: Author
Life: December 22, 1823 - May 9, 1911
Birthday: December 22
Death: May 9
There is certainly no defence or water -proof garment against adverse fortune which is, on the whole, so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.
source: "The New World and the New Book, an Address, Delivered Before the Nineteenth Century Club of New York City, Jan. 15, 1891".
topic: Humor And Laughter, Humor Laughter, Good Sense Of Humor, Adverse, Life Humor, Habitual