Precious

Famous quotes containing the word precious:

“Sweet are the uses of adversity
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“The house-dog lost,
the little hen escaped,
the precious hay-rick scattered,”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“What we do not call education is more precious than that which we call so.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)