Jewel

Famous quotes containing the word jewel:

“Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“No one makes mistakes. No one runs away
Any more. I bite my lip and
Turn to you. Maybe now you understand.
The feeling is a jewel like a pearl.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)

“What a wonderful phenomenon it is, carefully considered, when the human eye, that jewel of organic structures, concentrates its moist brilliance on another human creature!”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)