“Roughing it builds a boy's character, but only certain kinds of roughing it.”

“...she acted as a kind of rough and ready chemical reagent; in certain combinations she produced certain known results.”

“You tell 'em, big boy; treat 'em rough.”

“It's a strange thing, but somehow we expect more of girls than of boys. It is the sisters and wives and mothers, you know, Caddie, who keep the world sweet and beautiful. What a rough world it would be if there were only men and boys in it, doing things in their rough way! A woman's task is to teach them gentleness and courtesy and love and kindness. It's a big task, too, Caddie--harder than cutting trees or building mills or damming rivers. It takes nerve and courage and patience, but good women have those things. They have them just as much as the men who build bridges and carve roads through the wilderness. A woman's work is something fine and noble to grow up to, and it is just as important as a man's.”

“..boys by civil calculations, we had by now roughed up the swami and slept where the elephant shits, Shocking us would have required some kind of genius.Woe To Live On”

“Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.”