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

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 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.

My soul crave to walk with the Creator.My spirit sought to know the will of the Creator.My mind seek to mediate on the Holy words spoken by the Creator.

A woman is always beutiful to the one who has fallen in love with her, nothing can dampen her image before his eyes.

'Stay with it' was our coach's motto. That's what we did. This is unreal!

Firstly, as a Buddhist monk, I hold that violence is not good. Secondly, I am a firm believer in the Gandian ethic of passive resistance. And thirdly, in reality, violence is not our strength.

Let's be honest - Bill Murray was onto something when he laughed at Andie MacDowell's degree in 19th century French poetry in 'Groundhog Day'.

I'd already made the decision before I'd even read it-just because it was John Sayles. Then when I read it, the themes were actually themes that have been a big part of my life.

You can't just sit around in leopard-print slippers and drink champagne all day and think everything's gonna work out somehow.

Every day is conquerable by its hours, and every hour by its minutes.

I basically go to the gym three times a week to do weight training for one or two hours.