“ I come, replied he, to thee, Manfred, usurper of the principality of Otranto, from the renowned and invincible Knight, the Knight of the Gigantic Sabre: in the name of his Lord, Frederic, Marquis of V… Horace Walpole
“ What needs my for his honoured bones,The labor of an age in pilèd stones,Or that his hallowed relics should be hidUnder a star-y-pointing pyramid?Dear son of memory, great heir of fame,What need'st t… John Milton
“ They fought because they loved the dance, and the weight of a sword in their hands. The clash and spark of metal and hiss of flame was like music written just for them. They fought for glory, but not… The Warrior Heir Cinda Williams Chima pg. 426
“ Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past. Frederick Henry Hedge
“ Your story is the greatest legacy that you will leave to your friends.It's the longest-lasting legacy you will leave to your heirs. Steve Saint
“ It is not by blood, anyhow, that man's true continuity is established: Alexander's direct heir is Caesar, and not the frail infant born of a Persian princess in an Asiatic citadel; Epaminondas, dying… Marguerite Yourcenar