How happy is a gambler! his pocket is a treasure! under his lucky hands brass becomes gold.

Le poète est ainsi dans les Landes du monde.
Lorsqu'il est sans blessure, il garde son trésor.
Il faut qu'il ait au cœur une entaille profonde
Pour épancher ses vers, divines larmes d'or!

Treasure what you find already in your pocket, friend.

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.

Manitou is a treasure and I value him accordingly. Besides, he is a sociable old fellow, and a great companion when off alone, coming up to have his head rubbed or to get a crust of bread, of which he is very fond.

Nothing gives me more joy than seeing all the young, poor players happy with the little I gave them.

— man's heart is a wonderful thing, especially when carried in the purse —

There is all the pleasure that one can have in golddigging in finding one’s hopes satisfied in the riches of a good hill of potatoes.

One Pock-Picket’s pockets picked.

If now a friend denies not what was given him in trust,
If he restores an ancient purse with all its coins and rust,
This prodigy of honesty deserves to be enrolled
In Tuscan books, and with a sacrificial lamb extolled.

A prize with money attached to it has a lot of prestige.

he was undoing the wooden box, and he took out the silver sword. "This is the best of my treasures," he said. "It will bring me luck. And it will bring you luck, because you gave it to me. I don't tell anybody my name - it is not safe. But because you gave me the sword and I didn't borrow it, I will tell you." He whispered. "It is Jan."

A faithful friend is a strong defense;
And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

If a man has a great deal to put in them, a day will have a hundred pockets.