There isnt such a reasonable fellow in the world, to hear him talk. He Tom Brown never wants anything but whats right and fair; only when you come to settle whats right and fair, its everything he wants, and nothing that you want. And thats his idea of a compromise.

While one was an undergraduate, one could feel virtuous and indignant at the vices of Oxford, at least at those which one did not indulge in, particularly at the flunkeyism and money-worship which are our most prevalent and disgraceful sins. But when one is a fellow it is quite another affair. They become a sore burthen then, enough to break one's heart.

He who has conquered his own coward spirit has conquered the whole outward world;

Life isn't all beer and skittles.

It's more than a game. It's an institution.

Life isn't all beer and skittles