It runs in the blood like wooden legs.
A four-letter alphabet called DNA.
Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
Noble fathers have noble children.
A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato - the only good belonging to him is underground.
When I want a peerage I shall buy one like an honest man.
The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee A clover anytime to him Is aristocracy.
A genealogist is one who traces your family back as far as your money will go.
The best blood will sometimes get into a fool or a mosquito.