For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy

The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.

The word "Chivalry" is derived from the French Cheval, a horse.

The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years.

Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.

The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of bearing arms.

We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of their own country, or near the coast of the Mediterranean.

ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government.

The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse.

If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation.

Money is not the first step to becoming a great achiever. Your ideas determine the cost you will need to pay. So if you have no ideas, you can't know the amount you will need!

If you would know what a cat is thinking about, you must hold its paw in your hand for a long time.

My principal once told me that I was a penny waiting for change. But I suspect that I irritated him probably because I was making more money than he was.

Only love expands intelligence. To live in love is to accept the other and the conditions of his existence as a source of richness, not as opposition, restriction or limitation.

I am vegetarian, though, and so is my family.

Thank God she wasn’t still hanging out in her underpants.

It's a journey; it's a fight everyday.

Research shows that the happiest people are those who use their natural talents to the utmost.

Listen to authority figures because of their position, but only believe them if they can explain why.

Naturally we need black men to give this movie serious credibility.