Thomas Hughes

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

Life isn't all beer and skittles, but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman's education.

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.

Remember there's always a voice saying the right thing to you somewhere if you'll only listen for it.

Gambling makes boys selfish and cruel as well as men.

He never wants anything but what's right and fair; only when you come to settle what's right and fair, it's everything that he wants and nothing that you want.