Heraldry: Just So You Know

Heraldry Quote of the [Undefined Time Period]

A microscopic piece of heraldry necessarily stands condemned, because it merely pretends to hint that the owner thinks himself a person of distinction, instead of performing the true function of enabling the casual observer to identify the owner. Monograms and unostentatious heraldry are therefor the badge of the parvenu, and such heraldry is usually bogus. Genuine arms are almost always displayed boldly and beautifully at every possible opportunity, indoors and out. -- Thomas Innes of Learney, Scots Heraldry, pp. 161-162