"About thy neck a carcanet is bound, Made of the ruby, pearl and diämond: A golden ring that shines upon thy thumb: Ab…"

"When your spirit no longer shines, you crave gems."

"Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels, All scattered in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men’s skulls, and in th…"

"My daughter! O my ducats! O my daughter! Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats! Justice! the law! my ducats an…"

"Why there, there, there, there! A diamond gone cost me two thousand ducats in Frankfort! The curse never fell upon ou…"

"Any life form in any realm – mineral, vegetable, animal, or human – can be said to undergo “enlightenment.” It is, ho…"

"“The emerald is a natural emerald, which makes it slightly more valuable than an artificial one.” “How do you know?” …"

"Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up …"

"A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it."

"I come from the elfin king’s demesne With chrysolite, hyacinth, tourmaline; I have emeralds here of living green; I h…"