shubhashita are not sermons always, there are a few Shubhashita which are humorous with a glint of humor and irony which denotes that the writers of Shubhashita had a good sense of humor 
कमल ब्रह्म शेते हरः शेते हिमालय |
क्षीराब्धौ च हरिः शेते मन्ये मत्कुनाशंकाया ||
Brahma sleeps on a lotus, Shiva in the Himalayas; Vishnu on a serpent bed in the ocean; all these do so because of fer of bed bugs 
चितां प्रज्वलितं दृष्ट्वा वैद्यो विस्मयामागातः |
नहं गतः न में भरता कस्येदम हस्तलाघवं ||
(The one above is a remark on doctors with a hint of irony and humor)
A doctor is taken aback seeing a dead body on a pyre and remarks ” I did not do it nor did my brother get him there, then whose did this “?? 
On Poverty- Plight of the poor people in a humorous and in an ironical sense:
भो दरिद्र्यम नमस्तुभ्यम सिद्धो &हम तत्प्रसादतः |
पश्याम्य हम जगत सर्वं न मम पश्यति कश्चन ||
O Poverty! tribute to you; its by your esteemed grace that I have obtained master in sorcery since I see the whole world and nobody takes a note of me.
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