Gold is a vain and foolish fancy.
[Fr., L'or est une chimere.]

Gold is a vain and foolish fancy.
[Fr., L'or est une chimere.]

The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.

The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.

What female heart can gold despise?
What cat's averse to fish?

What female heart can gold despise?
What cat's averse to fish?

And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.

And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.

More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.

More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.

What nature wants, commodious gold bestows;
'Tis thus we cut the bread another sows.

What nature wants, commodious gold bestows;
'Tis thus we cut the bread another sows.

Speech is silver; silence is golden.

Speech is silver; silence is golden.

One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.

One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.

A mask of gold hides all deformities.

A mask of gold hides all deformities.