Wish not for treasure you can hold, No gleaming jewels…

[As of November 17, 2006] 'Noelle's Treasure Tale' has remained at No. 3 on the New York Times children's best seller list since its October 10 release.

— Gloria Estefan

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

— Christopher Columbus

“You are the fairy tale told by your ancestors.”

— Toba Beta

“What a tale he's told, what a bitter bowl of war he's drunk to the dregs.”

— Virgil

Life ... is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

— Anonymous

Such is life, my fellow-mummers-just like a poor player that bluffs and feints his hour upon the stage, and then cheapens down to mere…

— Joseph Furphy

“If you are tempted to reveal A tale to you someone has told About another, make it pass, Before you speak, three gates of…

— Beth Day

Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell…

— Marie de France

“In the end, every man's life is but a tale told to him that's lived it, and to him alone.”

— Tim Willocks

“A folklore study differs from most writing, in that the tale is told in the voice of the individual telling the story, not by…

— Karen Jones Gowen

'Tis an old tale, and often told; But did my fate and wish agree, Ne'er had been read, in story old, Of maiden true…

— Walter Scott

“Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs. The threads can…

— Clive Barker

...the tale that's told for no other reason but companionship, which is another (and my favorite) definition of literature, the tale that's told for…

— Jack Kerouac

This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts…

— William Shakespeare

“For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.”

— King James Bible