General Riddles

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

Sam's son is the brother of the only sister of Andrew. Dorothy, the only daughter of Sam, has only two brothers. What is the relation between Sam and Andrew?
Sam is Andrew's father.

I'm the start of nothing and the end of sun and I'm also in the number one What am I?
The letter "N".

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

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