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

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 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.

The goal of a child’s life is maturity—and the goal of a Christian’s life is spiritual maturity.

When you act without feeling, that's the living death.

You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me.

For lack of a better word, acting is therapeutic. You really are breaking down barriers, exorcising demons and finding more out about yourself.

Best to start at the bottom & gradually climb up. It's much more fun, too.

Duality is the real root of our suffering and of all our conflicts

I spent a lot of my youth working outside in the elements, and I kind of revel in defeating tough weather.

Hardly anything wrong can go bad.

I have more money than God, but not as much as Oprah.

The answer to religion is not no religion, but another way of thinking of it. Another way of being in it.