Why are hot rolls like caterpillars? Because they make the butterfly.
What is the difference between a mouse and a young lady? The one harms the cheese, the other charms the "he's."
When is a man thinner than a lath? When he is a-shaving.
Why is a pretty young lady like a wagon-wheel? Because she is surrounded by felloes (fellows).
Of what religious persuasion is the sea? A Quaker—for it has a broad brim.
Though I dance at a ball, yet am I nothing at all. A shadow.
What is that which, though black itself, enlightens the world? Ink.
When is a sailor not a sailor? When he's a-board.
What is the difference between a chess-player and an habitual toper? One watches the pawn, the other pawns the watch.
Which animal is the heaviest in all creation? A le(a)d horse.