Noun
hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
Source: WordNetIf you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone. Benjamin Franklin
Watching a woman make Russian pancakes, you might think that she was calling on the spirits or extracting from the batter the philosopher's stone. Anton Chekhov
Everyone knows Newton as the great scientist. Few remember that he spent half his life muddling with alchemy, looking for the philosopher's stone. That was the pebble by the seashore he really wanted to find. Fritz Leiber
The heart hid still in the dark, hard as the Philosopher's Stone. Paul Celan
The stone that was rolled before Christ's tomb might appropriately be called the philosopher's stone because its removal gave not only the pharisees but, now for 1800 years, the philosophers so much to think about. Soren Kierkegaard
I have never seen the Philosopher's Stone that turns lead into Gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a Man's Gold into Lead. Benjamin Franklin