Which are the most seasonable clothes? Pepper and salt.
Why are lawyers and doctors safe people by whom to take example? Because they practice their professions.
Why is a fiddle like a man who gives money to make up a quarrel? Because it is for a-tone-ment.
Why is a good pun like a good cat? Because it requires pause (paws).
Why is a Jew's harp like a good dinner? Because it makes a man's mouth water.
Why is there a bad audience at the playhouse when the pit is full? Because it is a pitiful house.
Why is a fortified town like a pudding? Because it's often batter'd.
Why does a tallow chandler live better than another man? Because he lives on the fat of the land.
Why is a water lily like a whale? Because it comes to the surface to blow.
Why is a resolution like a looking glass? Because it is so easily broken.