Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

If you are truthful you will have as much gold as you want.

If you are truthful you will have as much gold as you want.

As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time

As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time

I see, the jewel best enamelled
Will lose his beauty; yet the gold bides still
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I see, the jewel best enamelled
Will lose his beauty; yet the gold bides still
That others touch, and often touching will
Wear gold; and no man that hath a name,
By falsehood and corruption doth it shame.

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

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

Speech is silver; silence is golden.

Speech is silver; silence is golden.

Accursed thirst for gold! what dost thou not compel mortals to
do?
[Lat., Quid non mortalia pectora cogis,
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Accursed thirst for gold! what dost thou not compel mortals to
do?
[Lat., Quid non mortalia pectora cogis,
Auri sacra fames?]

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

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

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold