Castles are forests of stones.[ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
Rolling stones gather no moss.[ Proverb ]
Slander flings stones at itself.[ Proverb ]
Rattle his bones over the stones!
He's only a pauper whom nobody owns.[ Thomas Noel ]
Do not throw stones at your own window.[ Proverb ]
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.[ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
My, crown is in my heart, not on my head;
Not deck'd with diamonds and Indian stones,
Nor to be seen : my crown is call'd content;
A crown it is that seldom kings enjoy.[ Shakespeare ]
These grains of gold are not grains of wheat!
These bars of silver thou canst not eat;
These jewels and pearls and precious stones
Cannot cure the aches in thy bones,
Nor keep the feet of death one hour
From climbing the stairways of thy tower.[ Longfellow ]
Not oft near home does genius brightly shine,
No more than precious stones while in the mine.[ Omar Khayyam ]
Boil stones in butter, and you may sip the broth.[ Proverb ]
Who removes landmark stones, bruises his fingers.[ Proverb ]
Virtue now is in herbs, and stones, and words only.[ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
Throw no stones into the well whence you have drunk.[ Talmud ]
If your head be glass, engage not at throwing stones.[ Proverb ]
Whose house is of glass must not throw stones at another.[ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.[ Ovid ]
The architect built his great heart into those sculptured stones.[ Longfellow ]
Then sculpture and her sister arts revived; stones leaped to form, and rocks began to live.[ Pope ]
Those that eat cherries with great persons, shall have their eyes squirted out with the stones.[ Proverb ]
Novels may teach us as wholesome a moral as the pulpit. There are sermons in stones,
in healthy books, and good in everything.
[ Colton ]
Genius is to other gifts what the carbuncle is to the precious stones. It sends forth its own light, whereas other stones only reflect borrowed light.[ Arthur Schopenhauer ]
Whoever sinks his vessel by overloading it, though it be with gold, and silver, and precious stones, will give his owner but an ill account of his voyage.[ Locke ]
Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm; it is the real allegory of the tale of Orpheus; it moves stones, it charms brutes. Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it.[ Bulwer ]
Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Yonder palace was raised by single stones, yet you see its height and spaciousness. He that shall walk with vigor three hours a day will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe.[ Johnson ]