“Your skull in gold will be more valuable than others, being solid all through.”

“Silver is sometimes more valuable than gold, that is, in large quantities.”

“But what's worth more than gold?"

"Practically everything. You, for example. Gold is heavy. Your weight in gold is not very much gold at all. Aren't you worth more than that?”

“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.”

“At your time of life, it's love that rules the roast: at mine, it's solid, serviceable gold.”

“In times of badness, gold is being worth more than beauty.”

“Your life is worth much more than gold.”

“Everything is valuable under the right conditions. To a man dying of thirst, water be more precious than gold. To a drowning man, water be of little worth and great trouble.”

“Time is more precious than gold, more precious than diamonds, more precious than oil or any valuable treasures. It is time that we do not have enough of; it is time that causes the war within our hearts, and so we must spend it wisely.”

“Tomás de Torquemada: It's better to lose your skullcap than your skull.”