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)
“frog pond ...
a leaf falls in
without a sound”
—Bernard Lionel Einbond (b. 1937)