Silver Laurel Leaf

Famous quotes containing the words silver, laurel and/or leaf:

    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)

    The graceful flowers of innocence are more valuable than the laurel crown of fame.
    Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    On leaf of palm, on sedge-wrought roll;
    On plastic clay and leathern scroll,
    Man wrote his thoughts; the ages passed,
    And lo! the Press was found at last!
    John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)