Apes Quote by Emily Bronte

“one is gold put to the use of paving-stones, and the other is tin polished to ape a service of silver.”

— Emily Brontë

Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their luster:…

— Lord Chesterfield

Silver is much more of an industrial material than gold and accordingly has potential double benefits.

— Michael Haynes

Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.

— Horace

Silver is sometimes more valuable than gold ... that is, in large quantities.

— Anonymous

Sometimes when you think something is shiny and gold, it tends to be rusted and bronze, but that's just the way it is, man.

— Henry Cejudo

Diamond cannot be polished without friction, gold cannot be purified without fire. good people go through trials but don't suffer, with that experience their…

— Anonymous

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.

— Samuel Butler

Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.

— Elizabeth I

The folly of men has enhanced the value of gold and silver because of their scarcity; whereas, on the contrary, it is their opinion…

— Thomas More

Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted…

— Seneca the Younger

A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom.

— Henry David Thoreau