There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa. – William Makepeace Thackeray
I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds. – Mary Worley Montagu
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. – Juvenal
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value; but most prized when polished. – Lord Chesterfield
In the age of acorns, before the times of Ceres, a single barley-corn had been of more value to mankind than all the diamonds of the mines of India. – Henry Brooke
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind. – William R. Alger
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. – Mahatma Gandhi
Opal is the multi-gem. – Terri Guillemets
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. – Honore de Balzac
