The flower of humor blooms whenever in the course of development of a nation there is an exuberance of intellect able to flay its own ideals, for humor is nothing but intellect slashing at itself.

• 如果一个国家拥有足够的智慧来严责它自己的理想，在它的发展过程中，幽默之花常开。因为幽默就是一种贬低其本身的智慧。