Heredity Quotes

With him for a sire and her for a dam What should I be but just what I am?

He's a chip o' th' old block.

The best blood will sometimes get into a fool or a mosquito.

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.

A genealogist is one who traces your family back as far as your money will go.

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

When I want a peerage I shall buy one like an honest man.