In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. – Honore de Balzac Category: Jewelry
The violet of the amethyst represents the deep purple shade of the heavens… – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, 1875, translated from French Category: Jewelry
Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Category: Jewelry
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. – Juvenal Category: Jewelry
Youre alone in your ideas, because youre the only one who knows whats possible. – Bethenny Frankel Category: alone
The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body. – Anaïs Nin Category: Body
![[T]he sapphire... is a concentration of azure. - Charles Blanc, Ar](/quote/sapphire-concentration-azure.jpg "[T]he sapphire... is a concentration of azure. - Charles Blanc, Ar")
