Famous quotes containing the words eldest, surviving and/or son:
“Self-defence is Nature’s eldest law.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)
“Never have anything to do with the near surviving representatives of anyone whose name appears in the death column of the Times as having “passed away.””
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“He who can be a good son will be a good father.”
—Chinese proverb.