Our ancestors are very good kind of folks; but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with.
Ancestors Quotes
A great many family trees were started by grafting.
I didn’t come on the wrong side of the blanket.
He that boasteth of his ancestors, confesseth he hath no virtue of his own.
Good wine needs no bush. (As You Like It)
So yourself be good, a fig for your grandfather.
Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
From our ancestors come our names; but from our virtues, our honors.
Nothing like blood, sir, in hosses, dawgs, and men.
Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggary.
