Pearl quotes/comparisons?

Question

Like, "she was as rare as a pearl," (obviously that's not the best example, but that's why i'm asking.) I have no idea what pearls are often compared to/as being? Any help would be VERY MUCH appreciated. [:

Answer 1

“Why is it that men can be b******s and women must wear pearls and smile?”

“I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens, but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls off a string.”

“Pearls mean tears.”

“A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string”

“Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.”