These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of. – George Eliot
All the learnin my father paid for was a bit o birch at one end and an alphabet at the other. – George Eliot

These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of. – George Eliot
All the learnin my father paid for was a bit o birch at one end and an alphabet at the other. – George Eliot
Ive never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. – George Eliot
Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down. – George Eliot
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, about the opal