These may not be hilarious quotes, but they are funny, poignant, flowery (take the time period into account) and good quotes.
3 Quotes From Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804-1864
Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.
Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.