Lawyer—“But, Mrs. Smith, there is absolutely no ground for a divorce.”

Fair Client—“No cause? How long do you imagine it requires for one to become thoroughly tired of the name of Smith?”

—Life.

December Sixteenth

Both here and hence, pursue me lasting strife,

If, once a widow, ever I be wife!

—Shakespeare.

December Seventeenth

None wed the second but who killed the first.

—Shakespeare.