Incoming Resources
- Geary's guide to the world's great aphorists, James Geary
- English proverbs and proverbial phrases ;, a historical dictionary, London, J. M. Dent; New York, Dutton [1929]
- As they say in Zanzibar, Proverbial Wisdom from Around the World, David Crystal
- The art of the epigraph, how great books begin, compiled and edited by Rosemary Ahern
- The out to sea joke book, by Sean Connolly
- No kidding sports jokes, riddles, and games, Anne-Marie Rodger
- Knock-knock! who's there, by Joseph Rosenbloom, ; drawings by Sandy Hoffman
- The jolly jungle joke book, by Sean Connolly
- Animal jokes, riddles, and games, Clara Christopher
- Little treasures, endearments from around the world, words by Jacqueline K. Ogburn ; illustrated by Chris Raschka
- True genius, 1001 quotes that will change your life, [edited by] Elizabeth Venstra
- The anti-war quote book, edited by Eric Groves, Sr
- The literary life and other curiosities, Robert Hendrickson
- Famous last words & tombstone humor, Gyles Brandreth
- What the dormouse said, lessons for grown-ups from children's books, collected by Amy Gash ; with illustrations by Pierre Le-Tan ; an introduction by Judith Viorst
- Great quotes from great leaders, compiled by Peggy Anderson ; illustrated by Michael McKee
- Familiar quotations, a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature, John Bartlett ; edited by Emily Morison Beck, and the editorial staff of Little, Brown and Company
- Laugh out loud, the silly spells joke book, by Sean Connolly
- The Oxford dictionary of quotations, edited by Angela Partington
- The world in a phrase, a brief history of the aphorism, James Geary
- Bartlett's familiar quotations, a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature, John Bartlett
- The hysterical history joke book, by Sean Connolly
- Fighting words, writers lambast other writers--from Aristotle to Anne Rice, James Charlton, editor ; illustrations by Tullio Pericoli
- The writer's quotation book, a literary companion, edited by James Charlton
- Concise dictionary of religious quotations, compiled by Willian Neil
- Slaughterhouse 90210, Maris Kreizman
- Really horrible history jokes, Karen King and Patience Coster
- The Oxford dictionary of literary quotations, edited by Peter Kemp
- The home book of quotations, classical and modern, Burton Egbert Stevenson
- Good advice, compiled by Leonard Safir and William Safire
- The big book of Jewish humor, edited and annotated by William Novak, Moshe Waldoks
- The Second book of insults, [edited] by Nancy McPhee ; [ill., Graham Pilsworth]
- 3,500 good quotes for speakers, Gerald F. Lieberman
- The wisdom of the dragon, Asian proverbs, Drawings by Gloria Kim
- Chicken soup for the soul, laughter is the best medicine : 101 feel good stories, Amy Newmark
- The fun on the farm joke book, by Sean Connolly
- Don't say poop!, silly tongue twisters to say when you get the urge, words by Jimmy Matejek-Morris ; art by Fred Blunt
- 871 famous last words, and put-downs, insults, squelches, compliments, rejoinders, epigrams, and epitaphs of famous people, Gyles Brandreth
- Silly jokes about animals, by Michael Dahl
- Laugh-out-loud jokes spooky jokes for kids, Rob Elliott
- The best of the Harvard Lampoon, 140 years of American humor, The Harvard Lampoon
- The writer says, quotes, quips, and words of wisdom, compiled & edited by Kevin Lippert
- Leo Rosten's carnival of wit, and wisdom, plus wisecracks, ad-libs, malaprops, puns, one-liners, quips, epigrams, boo-boos, dazzling ironies, and wizardries of wording, plus surprising tidbits from politics, philosophy, biography, and (yes!) gossip-- from Aristotle to Groucho Marx, compiled and manicured by Leo Rosten
- Writers on writing, edited by Robert Pack, Jay Parini
- 4800 wisecracks, witty remarks, and epigrams for all occasions, edited by Edmund Fuller
- 1,497 jokes, stories & anecdotes, a speaker's handbook, Herbert V. Prochnow
- 365 Days of Wonder, Mr. Browne's book of precepts, R.J. Palacio
- Familiar quotations, a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature, John Bartlett ; by Justin Kaplan, general editor
- Great quotes from great women, compiled by Peggy Anderson ; illustrated by Michael McKee
- 2500 anecdotes for all occasions, a classified collection of the best anecdotes from ancient times to the present day, edited by Edmund Fuller