Robert Smith Surtees

"The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one."

"'Untin' fills my thoughts by day, and many a good run I have in my sleep. Many a dig in the ribs I gives Mrs. J. when I think they're runnin' into the warmint…No man is fit to be called a sportsman wo…"

"Life would be very pleasant if it were not for its enjoyments."

"Mr. Jorrocks then called upon the company in succession for a toast, a song, or a sentiment. Nimrod gave, "The Royal Staghounds"; Crane gave, "Champagne to our real friends, and real pain to our sham …"

"It is best to let the horse go his way, and pretend it is yours. There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse."

"There may be said to be three sorts of lawyers, able, unable, and lamentable."

"He was a gentleman who was generally spoken of as having nothing a-year, paid quarterly."

"I am a sportsman all over, and to the back-bone – 'Unting is all that's worth living for – all time is lost wot is not spent in 'unting – it is like the hair we breathe – if we have it not we die – it…"