What's the difference between a penniless man and a feather bed?

Answer: One is hard up, while the other is soft down.

More Classic Riddles with answers

More Classic Riddles

What's the least number of chairs you would need around a table to sit four fathers, two grandfathers, and four sons?
When I am filled I can point the way, When I am empty nothing moves me, I have two skins, one without and one within. What am I?
When I left, I didn't know where I was going; when I got there, I didn't know where I was; when I returned, I didn't know where I had been. Who was I?
When is a boat like a knife?
When young, I am sweet in the sun. When middle-aged, I make you gay. When old, I am valued more than ever. What am I?
Where do Turkeys go to dance?
Whether old Homer tippled wine or beer, Julep or cider, history is not clear; But plain it is-the bard, though want to roam, But for one liquid, never had left home. What is it?
Which one of Santa's reindeer do you see at a competition?
Which word in the English language becomes shorter when it is lengthened?
While walking down the street I met a man. He tipped his hat and drew his cane and in this riddle I told his name. What is the man's name?
White bird, featherless, flyin' out o' paradise, flyin' over sea and land, dyin' in my hand. What is it?
Who are the two brothers who live on opposite sides of the road yet never see each other?