A time to weep, and a time to laugh.
Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
The character of a people may be ruined by charity.