Jewels Quotes
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Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. (Quote by - Hazrat Inayat Khan)
Black is a pearl in a woman's eye. (Quote by - George Chapman)
There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald - all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil. (Quote by - Pliny, about the opal)
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. (Quote by - Mahatma Gandhi)
It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could'st make the time to do so too; I'll wind thee up no more. (Quote by - Ben Jonson)
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond. (Quote by - Mae West)
Now the melancholy God protect thee, and the tailor make thy garments of changeable taffeta, for thy mind is opal. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Don't forget I know who you are. We were cut from the same surly star. Like two jewels in the sky sharing fire! (Quote by - Chauvelin)
Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray. (Quote by - Abraham Cowley)
I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry. (Quote by - Rita Rudner)
I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds. (Quote by - Mary Worley Montagu)
Poesy engraved on the ring Love engraved on my heart. (Quote by - Astrid Alauda)
The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. (Quote by - Emma Goldman)
Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore. (Quote by - Thomas Moore)
This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip. (Quote by - Richard Burton)
The most precious jewels are not made of stone, but of flesh. (Quote by - Robert Ludlum)
The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls.(Quote by - Jean de la Bruyere)
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls; Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. (Quote by - Bible)
Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes. (Quote by - George Savile)
My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head. (Quote by - Rita Rudner)
I see, the jewel best enamelled Will lose his beauty; yet the gold bides still That others touch, and often touching will Wear gold; and no man that hath a name, By falsehood and corruption doth it shame. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force: Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined. (Quote by - Patrick Henry)
Jewelry takes people's minds off your wrinkles. (Quote by - Sonja Henie)
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. (Quote by - James Allen)
These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of. (Quote by - George Eliot)
Perhaps time's definition of coal is the diamond. (Quote by - Kahlil Gibran)
Don't ever wear artistic jewelry; it wrecks a woman's reputation. (Quote by - Colette)
All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography. (Quote by - Federico Fellini)
Adversity is the diamond dust heaven polishes its jewels with. (Quote by - Robert Leighton)
Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung. (Quote by - William Morris)
'Tis plate of rare device and jewels Of rich and exquisite form, their values great, And I am something curious, being strange, To have them in sale stowage. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Let us not be too particular. It is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all. (Quote by - Mark Twain)
I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very very good but a diamond and a sapphire bracelet lasts forever. (Quote by - Anita Loos)
And I had lent my watch last night to one That dines to-day at the sheriff's. (Quote by - Ben Jonson)
The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her loveliness. (Quote by - Kahlil Gibran)
No gold-digging for me; I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday. (Quote by - Mae West)
Take that life, beseech you, Which I so often owe; but your ring first, And here the bracelet of the truest princess That ever swore her faith. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Flowers that are so pathetic in their beauty, frail as the clouds, and in their coloring as gorgeous as the heavens, had through thousands of years been the heritage of children - honored as the jewelry of God. (Quote by - Thomas De Quincey)
A woman that is like a German clock, Still a-repairing, ever out of frame, And never going aright, being a watch, But being watched that it may still go right! (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself. (Quote by - Mae West)
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within. (Quote by - Titus Maccius Plautus)
A good wife is heaven's last, best gift to man, - his gem of many virtues, his casket of jewels; her voice is sweet music, her smiles his brightest day, her kiss the guardian of his innocence, her arms the pale of his safety... (Quote by - Jeremy Taylor)
I had very good dentures once. Some magnificent gold work. It's the only form of jewelry a man can wear that women fully appreciate. (Quote by - Graham Greene)
The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant. (Quote by - Salvador Dalí)
The jeweler allows me to wear the sapphire blue lake on my finger, the emerald green leaves around my neck, and take the citrine sunset with me wherever I go. Jewelry has become my daytime link to nature in an office with no windows. And if I have to work late, there's nothing like diamond stars and a pearl full moon against an onyx night sky. (Quote by - Astrid Alauda)
For years it has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward. (Quote by - Erma Bombeck)
