Wordplay Riddles

I come once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years. What am I?

I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?

I have teeth but I cannot bite. I help things come together. Pull me apart and things fall apart too. What am I?

I travel the world and never move. I have a face but no body. I am small but I carry great stories. What am I?

Everyone wants to tell me but wishes they hadn't. The more people know me, the less I am. What am I?

Everyone hopes to avoid me yet everyone catches me eventually. I spread easily in winter and hide in summer. What am I?

I hold your money but I am not a wallet. I have branches but I am not a tree. I have interest but I am not a hobby. What am I?

Kings play here and criminals stand here. It seeks fairness in one place and tests your serve in another. What am I?

I am the opposite of heavy and also the opposite of dark. I fill a room instantly. I travel faster than anything in the universe. What am I?

I hang on a tree, appear on a calendar, and describe a romantic evening. What am I?

Football is played on me. Music has me. I am also the darkest substance used on rooftops. What am I?

I am a season, a source of water, a coil of metal, and a verb meaning to leap. What am I?

You wear me on your wrist, you also do me at a film, and a sailor does me through the night. What am I?

A tree has them, a book has them, and a person does it. What are they?

A writer uses me, a farmer uses me, and a prisoner lives in me. What am I?

A dog does it, a tree has it, and a ship does it in a harbour. What is it?

Without me you cannot see clearly. Without me you cannot drink elegantly. One of me sits on your nose, the other on your table. What am I?

I go on your finger, I summon you to answer, I surround a boxing match, and a circus performs in me. What am I?

I measure weight, I am British money, I am what you do to a nail, and I am where lost dogs go. What am I?

I am a tiny symbol that demands an answer. I appear at the end of every riddle. I represent the most human of all instincts. What am I?

I say the opposite of what I mean. I require tone of voice to work. I cannot survive translation. Children under four years old cannot understand me. What am I?

I am a phrase that means something completely different from my individual words. I make no literal sense but every native speaker understands me. I am the hardest part of a language to learn. What am I?

I break something every morning. I am the first meal of the day. The thing I break is not a physical object. What am I?

I spread faster than the truth and last longer than lies. I am entertaining yet dangerous. I am as old as language itself. What am I?

I am the smallest mark in writing but I carry the most weight. I end everything. I am the one punctuation mark that always means stop. What am I?