“Gold is the corpse of value...”
“...Gold is gold everywhere, fungible and indifferent. But when a disk of gold is stamped by a coiner with certain pompous words and the picture of a King, it takes on added value -- seigneurage. It has that value only in that people believe that it does -- it is a shared phant'sy.”
“The wild mustard in Southern California is like that spoken of in the New Testament. . . . Its gold is as distinct a value to the eye as the nugget gold is in the pocket.”
“Do not give the gold in your pocket to one who doesn't value it.”
“Marriage is the gold standard of all relationships. It's the currency by which everything is valued.”
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”