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.

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.

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.

We often don’t realise how much strength we have until challenged to use it. Once tested, we know how strong or weak we are.

Your true power is not in your difference, but in your consistency of being different. The world will always adjust to consistency, yet struggle with change.

The truth can do years of work in seconds.

Anything added can be subtracted

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.

A plant is only worth growing if it looks good when it is dead.

When did it become the law of the land that the Supreme Court has the final say on anything? They cannot have the final say on anything. The American people have the final say on anything.

Be thankful that your lot has fallen on times when, though there may be many evil tongues and exasperated spirits, there are none who have fire and fagot at command.

Back in my rummy days, I would tremble and shake for hours upon arising. It was the only exercise I got.

A man has his distinctive personal scent which his wife, his children and his dog can recognize. A crowd has a generalized stink. The public is odorless.