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| A gold ring does not cure a felon. | 1 |
| A golden bit makes none the better horse. Italian, German. | 2 |
| A golden dart kills where it pleases. | 3 |
| A golden gallows is still but a gallows. German. | 4 |
| A golden hammer breaks an iron gate. | 5 |
| A golden key opens every door save that of heaven. Danish. | 6 |
| A golden shield is of great defence. | 7 |
| A great load of gold is more burthensome than a light load of gravel. | 8 |
| A hare may draw a lion with a golden cord. | 9 |
| A man may buy even gold too dear. | 10 |
| All is not gold that glitters. | 11 |
| As the touchstone trieth gold, so gold trieth men. | 12 |
| Before gold even kings take off their hats. German. | 13 |
| Better gain in mud than lose in gold. Italian, Portuguese. | 14 |
| Better whole than patched with gold. Danish. | 15 |
| Even gold may be bought too dear. German. | 16 |
| Even with gold one cannot buy everything. German. | 17 |
| Gold and goods may be lost, a good name endures forever. German. | 18 |
| Gold and silver do not make men better. German. | 19 |
Gold begets in brethren hate,
Gold in families debate,
Gold does friendship separate,
Gold does civil wars create. Cowley. | 20 |
| Gold goes in any gate except honor’s. | 21 |
| Gold goes through all doors except heaven’s doors. German. | 22 |
| Gold goes to the Moor; i.e., a man without conscience. Portuguese. | 23 |
| Gold glitters most when virtue shines no more. Young. | 24 |
| Gold is a good doctor. | 25 |
| Gold is an unseen tyrant. Greek. | 26 |
| Gold is the balm to a wounded spirit. | 27 |
| Gold is proved with fire, friendship in need. Danish. | 28 |
| Gold is the best mediator. German. | 29 |
| Gold is the devil’s fishhook. | 30 |
| Gold is the right nail one must strike. German. | 31 |
| Gold is the snare of the soul. German. | 32 |
| Gold lies deep in the mountain, dirt on the highway. German. | 33 |
| Gold remains gold though it lay in the mud. German. | 34 |
Gold rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And married men and men in love. Almacks. | 35 |
| Gold rules the world. | 36 |
| Gold when present causeth fear, when absent grief. | 37 |
| Golden dreams make men awake hungry. | 38 |
| Golden roofs break men’s rest. Seneca. | 39 |
| He who expends gold properly is its master, who lays it up its keeper, who loves it a fool, who adores it an idolater; the truly wise man is he who despises it. Petrarch. | 40 |
| He who has gold has fear, who has none has sorrow. | 41 |
| He who would make a golden door (or gate) must add a nail to it daily. French, Dutch. | 42 |
| If the walls were adamant, gold would take the town. | 43 |
| I will not have any gold, but I love to reign over those who have. Old Roman. | 44 |
| It is not all gold that glitters. Danish. | 45 |
| Man must govern not serve gold. German. | 46 |
| That is gold which is worth gold. French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese. | 47 |
| That is all well and good, but gold is better. Danish. | 48 |
| The purest gold is the most ductile. | 49 |
| The true art of making gold is to have a good estate and spend little of it. | 50 |
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| There is no better friend in misfortune than gold. German. | 51 |
| There is no lock if the pick is of gold. Spanish. | 52 |
| There is no lock one cannot open with a golden key. German. | 53 |
| Try your skill in gilt first and then in gold. | 54 |
| When gold speaks every tongue is silent. Italian, German. | 55 |
| When gold speaks you may hold your tongue. | 56 |
| When we have gold we are in fear, when we have none we are in danger. | 57 |
| Where gold avails, argument fails. | 58 |
| Where gold chinks, arguments are of no avail. German. | 59 |
| Where my gold there my heart. | 60 |
| Where there is gold, there the devil dwells. German. | 61 |
| Who has gold has ease. German. | 62 |
| Who has gold is a welcome guest. German. | 63 |
| You may speak with your gold and make other tongues dumb. | 64 |
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