The most learned, acute, and diligent student cannot, in the longest life, obtain an entire knowledge of this one volume.

Chivalry!---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant ---Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.

Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.

Certainly," quoth Athelstane, "women are the least to be trusted of all animals, monks and abbots excepted.

Tell that to the marines - the sailors won't believe it.

Affection can withstand very severe storms of vigor, but not a long polar frost of indifference.

A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.