30 quotes found
“A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.”
“He's a chip o' th' old block.”
“Clever father clever daughter clever mother clever son.”
“Heredity is an omnibus in which all our ancestors ride and every now and then one of them puts his head out and embarrasses us.”
“It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended but the glory belongs to our ancestors.”
“With him for a sire and her for a dam What should I be but just what I am?”
“The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee A clover anytime to him Is aristocracy.”
“When I want a peerage I shall buy one like an honest man.”
