Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Precious
Precious as the Sibyl’s leaves.
—Anonymous
Precious as enterprise.
—Sh
raz H
fiz
Precious as a Grecian vase.
—Richard Le Gallienne
Precious,
As are the conceal’d comforts of a man,
Lock’d in a woman’s love.
—Thomas Lodge
More precious
Than the rich-jewell’d coffer of Darius.
—William Shakespeare
Precious as is friend.
—Wit Restored
More precious far
Than that accumulated store of gold
And orient gems, which, for a day of need,
The Sultan hides deep in ancestral tombs.
—William Wordsworth