«Although gold dust is precious, when it gets in your eyes it obstructs your vision»

«Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.»

«People are entangled in the enjoyment of fine clothes, but gold and silver are only dust. They acquire beautiful horses and elephants, and ornate carriages of many kinds. They think of nothing else, and they forget all their relatives. They ignore their Creator; without the Name, they are impure.»

«And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.»

«The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, / And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! / For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, / And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! / And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.»

«Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.»

«I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake on Earth as a drop of oil on my foot.»

«Turning, for them who pass, the common dustOf servile opportunity to gold.»

«To-day gold, to-morrow dust.»