The stories of the women in the Bible — rare as pearls of great price among the effusive genealogies of the men — were my favorites. (firstthings.com)
«There's a passage in the Bible that talks about... when someone finds a pearl of great price in a field, he sells all of his possessions and buys the field,» he told the Waterloo audience. (canadianbusiness.com)
I think Aleister Crowley said it best after a first attempt to climb K2: «I had done it myself and found not only that the pearl of great price was worth far more than I possessed, but also that the very peril and privations of the quest were themselves my dearest memories.» (business.time.com)