Famous quotes containing the words silver, laurel and/or leaf:
“By right or wrong,
Lands and goods go to the strong.
Property will brutely draw
Still to the proprietor;
Silver to silver creep and wind,
And kind to kind.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The graceful flowers of innocence are more valuable than the laurel crown of fame.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)