Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Gold does not satisfy love; it must be paid in its own coin. Mme. Deluzy.

Gold, father of flatterers, of pain and care 30 begot, / A fear it is to have thee, and a pain to have thee not. Palladas.

Gold glitters most when virtue shines no more. Young.

Gold has wings which carry everywhere except to heaven. Rus. Pr.

Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding; it dissipates every doubt and scruple in an instant, accommodates itself to the meanest capacities, silences the loud and clamorous, and brings over the most obstinate and inflexible. Addison.

Gold is Cæsar's treasure, man is God's; thy gold hath Cæsar's image, and thou hast God's. Quarles.

Gold is the fool's curtain, which hides all his 35 defects from the world. Feltham.

Gold is the sovereign of all sovereigns. Pr.

Gold is tried in the fire, friendship in need. Dan. Pr.

Gold liegt tief im Berge, aber Koth am Wege—Gold lies deep in the mountain, but dirt on the highway. Ger. Pr.