more brave in despising gold as yet undiscovered, and so best situated while hidden in the earth, than in forcing it out for the uses of mankind, with a hand ready to make depredations on everything that is sacred.

The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.

To be oneself on a basis of gold
is no better than founding one’s house on the sand.
For your watch, and your ring, and the rest of your trappings
the good people fawn on you, grovelling to earth;
they lift their hats to your jewelled breast-pin;
but your ring and your breast-pin are not your person.-

We have gold because we cannot trust governments

Dirt's a funny thing,' the Boss said. 'Come to think of it, there ain't a thing but dirt on this green God's globe except what's under water, and that's dirt too. It's dirt makes the grass grow. A diamond ain't a thing in the world but a piece of dirt that got awful hot. And God-a-Mighty picked up a handful of dirt and blew on it and made you and me and George Washington and mankind blessed in faculty and apprehension. It all depends on what you do with the dirt. That right?

I don’t like dirt, because nothing is dirtier. Except politics.

No diamonds! for God's love, a little air!

Of all the paths in life you take, make sure a few of them are dirt

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.

A gold digger may no longer be someone who strings gentlemen along while she works busily to get hold of their fortunes. She is more likely to be someone who strings gentlemen along because she is too busy for them while she is working to make her fortune.

I want my relationship with my girlfriend to be built on trust, not toothpicks, rubber bands, and lentil beans.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

Asses prefer garbage to gold.

Faith. Trust. and Pixie Dust.