General Riddles

What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
Nothing.

I cannot speak but I tell everything. I am not a tree but I have leaves. I have hinges but I am neither a door nor a window. Who am I?

A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard. Solve this riddle.
The letter in question is the letter "O". It is zero. The man had nothing to write. The blind could read nothing. The person who was dumb could repeat nothing. The deaf man listened and heard nothing.

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

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

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

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

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

I am a four letter word. I am an animal. You use me to call your dear ones. Who am I?

Complete the sentence using two words, which are anagrams. The man with the _______ wanted to have _______.
The man with the beard wanted to have bread.

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