Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
~ Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates.
~ Abbott Lawrence Lowell

A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
~ W.H. Auden

I learned three important things in college - to use a library, to memorize quickly and visually, to drop asleep at any time given a horizontal surface and fifteen minutes.
~ Agnes DeMille, Dance to the Piper, 1952

There isn't a child who hasn't gone out into the brave new world who eventually doesn't return to the old homestead carrying a bundle of dirty clothes.
~ Art Buchwald

If at first you don't succeed, do it like your mother told you.
~ Author Unknown

Where we love is home,
Home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Homesick in Heaven

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
~ Aristotle

How did it get so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?
~ Dr. Seuss