Answer:
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
I am the tool, for inspiring many. Buy me in the store, for not much more than a penny. Don't overuse me, or my usefulness will go.
Always wax, yet always wane: I melt, succumbed to the flame. Lighting darkness, with fate unblest, I soon devolve to shapeless mess.
The man who made it didn't need it. The man who bought it didn't use it. The man who used it didn't want it.
A man went to the hardware store to buy items for his house. 1 would cost $.25. 12 would cost $.50. 122 would cost $.75. When he left the store he had spent $.75, what did he buy?
I met a man and drew his name. He tipped his hat and played my game. What is his name?