Why can you never expect a fisherman to be generous? Because his business makes him sell-fish.
Through thy short and shadowy span
I am with thee, child of man;
With thee still from first to last,
In pain and pleasure, feast and fast,
At thy cradle and thy death,
Thine earliest wail and dying breath,
Seek thou not to shun or save,
On the earth or in the grave;
The worm and I, the worm and I,
In the grave together lie.
The letter A.
If you wish a very religious man to go to sleep, by what imperial name should you address him? Nap-holy-un.
Why is the Emperor Napoleon III. like a retired waiter? Because he remembers Ham, and when he cut it.
When was Napoleon I. most shabbily dressed? When out at Elba (elbow).
Why is the palace of the Louvre the cheapest ever erected? Because it was built for one sovereign—and finished for another.
Why is the Empress of the French always in bad company? Because she is ever surrounded by Paris-ites.
What sea would a man most like to be in on a wet day? Adriatic (a dry attic).
What young ladies won the battle of Salamis? The Miss Tocles (Themistocles).