I have no ear.

It [a pun] is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

The trumpet does no more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you by its provoking inaudibility

No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.

There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.