About Robert Smith Surtees: Robert Smith Surtees was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer. He was the second son of Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, a member of an old County Durham family.
More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.
The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one.
Better be killed than frightened to death.
