No one wants to be excelled by his relatives. Livy
A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative. George Ade
When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them. But when they are away, we console ourselves for their absence by dwelling on their vices. George Bernard Shaw
I have a theory of relatives, too. Don’t hire ’em. Jack Warner (said to Einstein)
Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself. H L Mencken
Suicide is a belated acquiescence in the opinion of one’s wife’s relatives. H L Mencken