A man without mirth is like a wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it turns. (Henry Ward Beecher)

A man without mirth is like a wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it turns.

Henry Ward Beecher

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