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.

The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy

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

Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study; to give our work the charm of a story-book, yet by means of it to impart a knowledge of an important branch of education.

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

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

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