Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body.

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

It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear.

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.

If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world.

My life has run from misery to happiness.

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

People get comfort from music. They get joy from it and understanding from it, and most of all, the average person can't do without it in some sense.