The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.
A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
Let not the sands of time get in your lunch.
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves.
If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either.