389 Proverbs about Gold / Page 8
141. It is not all gold that glitters.
142. Silver and gold are all men's dears.
143. Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
144. Though the ass may carry a sack of gold, it nevertheless feeds on thistles.
145. To withhold truth is to bury gold.
146. To-day in gold, to-morrow in the mould.
147. You may speak with your gold and make other tongues silent.
148. Better April showers than the breadth of the ocean in gold.
149. The silent mouth is golden.
150. A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain.
151. There is a crock of gold in the tomb of every chieftain, but they are all guarded by cats and fairies.
152. One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
153. To have a hut built from mud here is better than a palace made from gold and marble on the Arabian Gulf.
154. Old friends and old wine and old gold are best.
155. Give a thing and take a thing, to wear the devil's gold ring.
156. An ounce of state to a pound of gold.
157. The golden ass passes everywhere.
158. There is no lock, if the pick is of gold.
159. Under a gold sheath a leaden knife.
160. When our enemy flies, build him a golden bridge.
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