Pastoral Resources

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

It is always the same: women bedeck themselves with jewels and furs, and men with wit and quotations.

Helmet was joined to helmet, and spear to spear, and jewels, baggage, and elephants without number went with them, and you would have said it was a host that none could understand.

I love giving gifts and I love receiving them. I really like giving little kids extravagant gifts. You see their little faces light up and they get excited. If it's a really good gift, I love receiving it, like jewels, small islands.

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.

I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

Her godmother simply touched her with her wand, and, at the same moment, her clothes were turned into cloth of gold and silver, all decked with jewels.

I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!

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

Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.