The importation of gold and silver is not the principal, much less the sole benefit which a nation derives from its foreign trade.
There have been unions based on gold or silver, but not on fiat money - money tempted to inflate - put out by politically independent entities.
Slowly, silently, now the moon Walks the night in her silver shoon.
Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?
You have to earn money the hard way. Because no-one will serve it up to you on a silver platter.
They got how many trillions of dollars in gold and silver and jewelry and art and real estate and stained glass and they're passing the basket on Sunday so they can get the tomato farmers' donation?
One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for America's energy problems never give up.
Oh, how beautiful is the summer night, which is not night, but a sunless, yet unclouded, day, descending upon earth with dews and shadows and refreshing coolness! How beautiful the long mild twilight, which, like a silver clasp, unites today with yesterday!
I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!
Oh, but Masha, can’t you see? You are. An Ivan has come. That is like saying, Midnight has struck. It is time for bed, little one. You cannot have both. In war you must always choose sides. One or the other. Silver or black. Human or demon. If you try to be a bridge laid down between them, they will tear you in half.
'Silver Spoons' was great memories - absolutely the best.
The trout in yonder wimpling burn - That glides, a silver dart, - And, safe beneath the shady thorn, - Defies the anglers art.
Knowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight.
Everything within a half-a-minute or a half-an-inch is gold, silver, bronze or nothing.
Even if you cannot always see that silver lining on your clouds, God can, for He is the very source of the light you seek. He does love you, and He knows your fears. He hears your prayers. He is your Heavenly Father, and surely He matches with His own the tears His children shed.
Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.
The very beating of your heart has meaning and purpose. Your actions have value far greater than silver or gold.
God is not looking for gold vessels or silver vessels. He is looking for willing vessels
May its index point to joy, And moments wing'd with new delights. Sweet may resound each silver bell, And never quick returning chime, Seem in reproving notes to tell, Of hours mispent, and murder'd time.
I've got an image of me at the bottom of my garden sitting under my silver birch tree reading, while everyone else had gone somewhere exotic.