If I were punished for every pun I shed, there would not be left a puny shed of my punnish head

It's not very much, it's rather puny. They definitely need some more.

Brothers do not do that to their family members, and he knew that the only thing Pun left behind was his kids. Even if Joe didn't like his wife, he could help out the kids -- he could have definitely done that,

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

We are not punished for our sins, but by them

If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle