Answer:
What does man love more than life, fear more than death or mortal strife. What the poor have, the rich require, and what contented men desire. What the miser spends, and the spendthrift saves. And all men carry to their graves.
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
When it comes in, From sea to shore, Twenty paces you'll see, No less, no more.
It's in your hand though you can not feel it. Only you and time can reveal it.
What turns from red to black as soon as it touches water?
It weighs next to nothing but no one can hold it for long. What is it?