Distinguished Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.

— Plato

Being well satisfied that, for a man who thinks himself to be somebody, there is nothing more disgraceful than to hold himself up as…

— Plato

The richest inheritance any child can have is a stable, loving, disciplined family life.

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

“Who is a true heir? He who treats his inheritance justly, and, respectful of his father's lifelong struggles, preserves & carries it further.”

— Felipe Mora Carballo

Noble fathers have noble children.

— Euripides

The possession of wealth confers honor; it is an invidious distinction.

— Thorstein Veblen

Though an inheritance of acres may be bequeathed, an inheritance of knowledge and wisdom cannot. The wealthy man may pay others for doing his…

— Samuel Smiles

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

In the founders of great families, titles or attributes of honor are generally correspondent with the virtues of the person to whom they are…

— Joseph Addison

Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.

— Friedrich Schiller

When a noble deed is done, who is likely to appreciate it? They who are noble themselves.

— Henry David Thoreau

Wealth is a dangerous inheritance, unless the inheritor is trained to active benevolence.

— Charles Simmons