לִשְׂח֖וֹק אָמַ֣רְתִּי מְהוֹלָ֑ל וּלְשִׂמְחָ֖ה מַה־זֹּ֥ה עֹשָֽׂה׃
I said of laughter: ‘It is mad’; and of mirth: ‘What doth it accomplish?’
Aramaic Targum to Ecclesiastes
To laughter I said, in time of affliction. It is mockery; and to mirth. What profit is it to the man who indulges in it?