estate distribution Quotes

The man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was his to administer during his life, will pass away unwept, unhonoured and insung no matter to what uses he leaves the dross which he cannot take with him.

To inherit property is not to be born - it is to be still-born, rather.

Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

7 percent of inheritors get two-thirds of all the wealth transfers..

With inheritances, it's really important not to give the impression that you're extorting your children, and one way you can not do that is to make it clear to them that you're not leaving the whole of your estate to them at all, but to various charitable organizations.

I was given all of my dad's guitars when he passed, and they were being stored at the house. My mother decided they were hers again, and she took them all back, and now they're going up for auction.

He's a fool that makes his doctor his heir.

A play is never finished. You'll find out how much I mean that when you read my Last Will and Testament.

What do you do with your legacy, and how do you best put it to use?

When we consider the small inequality of fortune throughout the country, compared with others which we know…that in most of the states the laws primogeniture are gone or going, out of use—that landed property is in general held in small portions, even in the southern states, compared with the manors, parks and royal demesnes of most countries…

Prima facie, every estate, whether given by will or otherwise, is supposed to be beneficial to the party to whom it is so given.