A man's rootage is more important than his leafage.
A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
A four-letter alphabet called DNA.
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
Noble fathers have noble children.
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.
When I want a peerage I shall buy one like an honest man.
Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.
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.
