It is possible to square yourself without resorting to cube root.

While some people mount upward to the pinnacle of fame, others reach the height of folly.

A faint heart may never win a fair lady, but five of them have won many a jackpot.


The portrait tumbled from the wall
And hit the young man's head.
"A striking likeness!" That was all
The rueful punster said.


The fact that a man has not cut his hair for ten or twelve years need not necessarily imply that he is eccentric. He may be bald.


When a couple are about to elope the young man asks, "Does your mother know your route?"