And only by virtue of this function does gold, the equivalent commodity par excellence, become money. It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart. It is extraordinary how many emotional storms one may weather in safety if one is ballasted with ever so little gold. And gold but sent to keep the fools in play, For some to heap, and some to throw away. The ring so worn, as you behold, So thin, so pale, is yet of gold.
Fools worship mules that carry gold.
I am growing old, Silver threads among the gold. Gold dust blinds all eyes. We live by the gold for which other men die. Though wisdom cannot be gotten for gold, still less can it be gotten without it. When gold argues the cause, eloquence is important.