The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment,
are diamonds and pearls.
[Fr., Apres read more

The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment,
are diamonds and pearls.
[Fr., Apres l'esprit de discernement, ce qu'il y a au monde de
plus rare, ce sont les diamants et les perles.]

The oyster is unseasonable and unwholesome in all months that
have not the letter R in their name.

The oyster is unseasonable and unwholesome in all months that
have not the letter R in their name.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking
goodly pearls;
Who, when he had read more

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking
goodly pearls;
Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold
all that he had, and bought it.

He was a bold man that first eat an oyster.

He was a bold man that first eat an oyster.

'Twere better to be born a stone
Of ruder shape, and feeling none,
Than with a tenderness read more

'Twere better to be born a stone
Of ruder shape, and feeling none,
Than with a tenderness like mine
And sensibilities so fine!
Ah, hapless wretch! condemn'd to dwell
Forever in my native shell,
Ordained to move when others please,
Not for my own content or ease;
But toss'd and buffeted about,
Now in the water and now out.

An oyster may be crossed in love! Who says
A whale's a bird?--Ha! did you call my love?--
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An oyster may be crossed in love! Who says
A whale's a bird?--Ha! did you call my love?--
He's here! He's there! he's everywhere!
An me! he's nowhere!

Black is a pearl in a woman's eye.

Black is a pearl in a woman's eye.

It's a wery remarkable circumstance, sir," said Sam, "that
poverty and oysters always seem to go together."

It's a wery remarkable circumstance, sir," said Sam, "that
poverty and oysters always seem to go together."

Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.

Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.