Nature Quote by Elisa Braden

Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a portion of thyself.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rings and other jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me. Therefore…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Her little treasures. Each item reminding her of someone or of something.”

— Edna O'Brien

“Her husband had archaic ideas about jewels; a man bought them for his wife in acknowledgement of things he could not gracefully utter.”

— Willa Cather

Each day of the holidays comes bringing its own gifts. Open your heart, Untie the ribbons, and enjoy the contents! Were earth a thousand…

— Martin Luther

“Duchess: Diamonds are of most value, They say, that have pass’d through most jewellers’ hands. Ferdinand: Whores, by that rule, are precious. —John Webster,…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“My visit to Her Highness was an agreeable surprise for me. Instead of being ushered into the presence of an over-decorated woman, sporting diamond…

— Manu S. Pillai

I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.

— Plautus

“Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely…

— O. Henry

God’s jewels are often sent us in rough packages and by dark liveried servants, but within we find the very treasures of the King’s…

— Anonymous