The schoolmaster is termed, classically, Ludi Magister, because he deprives boys of their play.
Walter ScottOne hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
Walter ScottHeap on more wood! - the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still.
Walter Scott