Schoolboys are a merciless race, individually they are angels, but together, especially in schools, they are often merciless.
— Fyodor DostoyevskyIt hapens very often that parents think they are worred about the progress a boy is making. They do not realise that all boys are numskulls with o branes which is not surprising when you look at the parents really the whole thing goes on and on and there is no stoping it it is a vicious circle.
— Geoffrey Willans