Quotes on jewelry
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
Carlyle, Thomas
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.
Pliny
These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.
Eliot, George
Gold cannot be pure, and people cannot be perfect.
Proverb, Chinese
I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.
Goldman, Emma
Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?
Schafren, Lynn Hecht
The three rings of marriage are the engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffering.
Unknown, Author
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.
Alauda, Astrid
Let us not be too particular. It is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all.
Twain, Mark
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a witty person, but a pebble in the hands of a fool.
Unknown, Author
I've been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I've lost a total of 789 pounds. By all accounts, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.
Bombeck, Erma
A woman wears her tears like jewelry.
Unknown, Author
The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
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...
Quincey, Thomas de
There are worlds in an opal.
Alauda, Astrid
No gold-digging for me; I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.
West, Mae
Opal is the multi-gem.
Alauda, Astrid
The story of Harold Ross, the New Yorker and me is a mere footnote to the story of our time, and we might as well face the truth that to researchers of the future, poking about among the ruins of time, we shall all be tiny glitters. But then, so are diamonds.
Thurber, James Grover
As though pure white snow flashed and sparkled with the color of bright ruddy wine, and was overcome by this radiance.
Unknown, Author
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
Plautus, Titus Maccius
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.
Alger, William
There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.
Franklin, Benjamin