Englishman

laughter

is named only for human benefit, in that naming it gives one a certain degree of confidence that the animal belongs to you.

Cats names are more for human benefit. They give one a certain degree more confidence that the animal belongs to you. Alan Ayckbourn

is a people who, if you put three of them on a desert island, within an hour they'll have invented a class system.

Put three Englishmen on a desert island and within an hour they'll have invented a class system.

is capable, in the midst of tragedy and loss, to serve as a way of experiencing that lost person again.

In the midst of the sense of tragedy or loss, sometimes laughter is not only healing, it's a way of experiencing the person that you've lost again.

Salad, I can't bear salad. It grows while you're eating it, you know.