Great oaks from little acorns grow

Did not somebody once say, “Great oaks from little acorns grow—great aches from little toe-corns grow”?

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Great oaks from little acorns grow, but great novels seldom grow from small potatoes.

"Great oaks from little acorns grow," you know.

The old saw has it, "Great oaks from little acorns grow," and all of us who remember the saying have thus some idea of what the beginning of an oak is.