You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.
It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.
Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
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
Stronger than thunder's winged force
All-powerful gold can speed its course;
Through watchful guards its passage make,
read more
Stronger than thunder's winged force
All-powerful gold can speed its course;
Through watchful guards its passage make,
And loves through solid walls to break.
[Lat., Aurum per medios ire satellites
Et perrumpere amat saxa potentius
Ictu fulmineo.]
Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air,
For that without it were else a miserable affair.
read more
Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air,
For that without it were else a miserable affair.
[Fr., L'or donne aux plus laids certain charme pour plaire,
Et que sans lui le reste est une triste affaire.]
Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble.
Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble.
Gold has worked down from Alexander's time ... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe read more
Gold has worked down from Alexander's time ... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or mistaken theory.
Speech is silver; silence is golden.
Speech is silver; silence is golden.
