Progress was all right. Only it went on too long. - James Thurber

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people – that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.

I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.

"You have made the moon," The Jester said. "That is the moon."