Silver Latin

Famous quotes containing the words silver and/or latin:

    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)

    There is no doubt that Greek and Latin are great and handsome ornaments, but we buy them too dear.
    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)