Francis Quarles Gold Quotations

Whose gold is double with a careful hand, His cares are double.

What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold.

Gold is Caesar's treasure, man is God's; thy gold hath Caesar's image, and thou hast God's.

Poor thieves in halters we behold; And great thieves in their chains of gold.

What well-advised ear regards What earth can say? Thy words are gold, but thy rewards Are painted clay.