Who are children most sick of? The mothers that bore them.
What is one of the greatest, yet withal most melancholy wonders in life? The fact that it both begins and ends with—an earse (a nurse).
What is the difference between the cradle and the grave? The one is for the first born, the other for the last bourne!
Why is a wet-nurse like Vulcan? Because she is engaged to wean-us (Venus).
What great astronomer is like Venus’s chariot? Her-shell (Herschell).
Why does a woman residing up two pairs of stairs remind you of a goddess? Because she’s a second Floorer (Flora).
If a young lady were to wish her father to pull her on the river, what classical name might she mention? You-row-pa (Europa).
How do we know that Jupiter wore very pinching boots? Because we read of his struggles with the tight uns (Titans).
What hairy Centaur could not possibly be spared from the story of Hercules? The one that is—Nessus-hairy!