Shadow.
Why is the inside of everything mysterious? Because we can’t make it out.
Why should a man troubled with gout make his will? Because he will then have his leg at ease (legatees).
What is that which no one wishes to have, yet no one wishes to lose? A bald head.
What is the difference between a young maiden of sixteen and an old maid of sixty? One is happy and careless, the other cappy and hairless.
Why are very old people necessarily prolix and tedious? Because they die late (dilate).
A lady asked a gentleman how old he was? He answered, “My age is what you do in everything—excel” (XL).
My first I do, and my second—when I say you are my whole—I do not? Love-lie (lovely).
What is that a woman frequently gives her lovely countenance to, yet never takes kindly? The small-pox.