If you love your jewellery and anything to do with jewellery you'll love these quotes - thought provoking in their own right!

1. The jeweller allows me to wear the sapphire blue lake on my finger, the emerald green leaves around my neck, and take the citrine sunset with me wherever I go. Jewellery has become my daytime link to nature in an office with no windows. And if I have to work late, there's nothing like diamond stars and a pearl full moon against an onyx night sky. By Astrid Alauda, "Office With No Windows"

2. The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near. By Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. Jewellery takes people's minds off your wrinkles. By Sonja Henie

4. When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. By Peter Marshall

5. For years it has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward. By Erma Bombeck, about her wedding ring

6. Let us not be too particular. It is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all. By Mark Twain

7. Gold cannot be pure, and people cannot be perfect. A Chinese Proverb

8. My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head. By Rita Rudner

9. The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant. By Salvador Dalí

10. I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself. By Mae West