Golden Garments

Famous quotes containing the words golden and/or garments:

    I had a little nut-tree, nothing would it bear
    But a golden nutmeg and a silver pear;
    Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. I had a little nut-tree, nothing would it bear (l. 1–2)

    Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor,
    For ‘tis the mind that makes the body rich,
    And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
    So honor peereth in the meanest habit.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)