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.

The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy

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

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.

He kissed the corner of her lips before whispering by her ear, “And that was just my hand, love.

Mori looked across and was, briefly, a languageless, inhuman thing rescued from the sea and asked for an impious favour.

It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.

When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of your body!

I love playing live now more than ever. I enjoy it, I think it keeps you young.

I'm a very emotional guy.

Things have never been more like the way they are today in history.

There are words which cut like steel.

It is quite clear that history will record that Margaret Thatcher was the greatest Prime Minister this country has had since Churchill.

It takes a lot of energy to dull the soul and not hear its voice