“I do indeed, Sir,” said Caspian. “I was wishing that I had come of a more honourable lineage.”
“You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,” said Aslan. “And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor in earth. Be content.”
– C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia, Chapter XV