- No old Jews are fat millers; All my friends are old millers.
- Flour is good for food; Oatmeal is a kind of flour.
- Some dreams are terrible; No lambs are terrible.
- No rich man begs in the street; All who are not rich should keep accounts.
- No thieves are honest; Some dishonest people are found out.
- All wasps are unfriendly; All puppies are friendly.
- All improbable stories are doubted; None of these stories are probable.
- "He told me you had gone away." "He never says one word of truth."
- His songs never last an hour; A song, that lasts an hour, is tedious.
- No bride-cakes are wholesome; Unwholesome food should be avoided.
- No old misers are cheerful; Some old misers are thin.
- All ducks waddle; Nothing that waddles is graceful.
- No Professors are ignorant; Some ignorant people are conceited.
- Toothache is never pleasant; Warmth is never unpleasant.
- Bores are terrible; You are a bore.
- Some mountains are insurmountable; All stiles can be surmounted.
- No Frenchmen like plumpudding; All Englishmen like plumpudding.
- No idlers win fame; Some painters are not idle.
- No lobsters are unreasonable; No reasonable creatures expect impossibilities.
- No kind deed is unlawful; What is lawful may be done without fear.
- No fossils can be crossed in love; Any oyster may be crossed in love.
- "This is beyond endurance!" "Well, nothing beyond endurance has ever happened to me."
- All uneducated men are shallow; All these students are educated.
- All my cousins are unjust; No judges are unjust.
- No country, that has been explored, is infested by dragons; Unexplored countries are fascinating.
- No misers are generous; Some old men are not generous.