A place where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Perhaps she had received diamonds, Strike thought; she had always said she didn't care for such things, but when they argued the glitter of all he could not give her had sometimes been flung back hard in his face...

Homes make patriots. He who has sat by his own fireside with wife and children will defend it. Few men have been patriotic enough to shoulder a musket in defense of a boarding house. The prosperity and glory of our country depend upon the number of people who are the owners of homes.