Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.

— Bruyere, Jean De La

Jests that give pains are no jests.

— Cervantes, Miguel De

Judge of a jest when you have done laughing.

— Lloyd, William

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

— Proverb, English

The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.

— Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von