"Benefacta male locata malefacta arbitror."

ENNIUS. Fragment. incert., XLV. (XVI.).

"Benefits ill bestowed are rather injuries."

"Beneficia eo usque laeta sunt, dum videntur exsolvi posse: ubi multum antevenere pro gratia odium redditur."

TACITUS. Annals, IV., 18.

"Benefits received are a delight to us, as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude."-(Church and Brodribb.)

"Beneficia in vulgus cum largiri institueris,

Perdenda sunt multa, ut semel ponas bene."

Quoted by SENECA. De Beneficiis, I., 2, 1.

When you begin to distribute largess broadcast, you will make many bad investments for one good one."

"Beneficium accipere, libertatem vendere est." PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 49. "To accept a favour is to sell your liberty."

"Beneficium dando accepit, qui digno dedit." PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 50. "He accepts a favour who confers one on a worthy object."

"Beneficium non est, cujus sine rubore meminisse non possum."

SENECA. De Beneficiis, II., 8, 2.

"A favour which I cannot recall without a blush is no favour."

(Inopi beneficium) Bis dat qui dat celeriter."

"To the poor a timely gift is doubly blest."

"Bis dat qui cito dat."

PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 225.

BACON. Speech on taking his place in Chancery, 7th May, 1617. "He gives twice who gives quickly."

"Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria."

PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 64.

"He conquers twice who upon victory overcomes himself."-(Bacon.) "Boeotum in crasso jurares aere natum."

HORACE. Epistolae, II., 1, 244.. "You'd swear

'Twas born and nurtured in Boeotian air."-(Conington.)

"Bona malis paria non sunt, etiam pari numero."

PLINY THE ELDER.

Natural History, VII., 41.

"The good things of this life never counterbalance the evils, though they may equal them in number."

"Bonarum rerum consuetudo pessima est." PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 70. "It is a very bad thing to become accustomed to good fortune."

"Boni pastoris esse tondere pecus, non deglubere (scripsit)."

TIBERIUS. (Suetonius, III., 32.)

"The good shepherd should shear, but not flay his sheep."

"Bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malis." PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 564. "Bonis nocet qui malis parcet." SENECA. De Moribus, 114. "He who spares the wicked injures the good."

"Bonis quod bene fit, haud perit."

PLAUTUS. Rudens, Act VI., Sc. III., 2.-(Trachalio.) Kindness on good men is not thrown away."-(Bonnell Thornton.)

"Bono imperatori haud magni fortunam momenti esse; mentem rationemque dominari." LIVY. Histories, XXII., 25.

"Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment."

"Bono ingenio me esse ornatam, quam auro, multo mavolo: Aurum fortuna invenitur, natura ingenium bonum; Bonam ego, quam beatam, me esse nimio dici mavolo."

PLAUTUS. Poenulus, Act I., Sc. II., 88.—(Adelphasium.)

"I a good disposition far prefer

To gold; for gold's the gift of fortune; goodness
Of disposition is the gift of nature.

Rather than wealth, may I be blessed with virtue."

-(Bonnell Thornton.)

"Bono vinci satius est, quam malo more injuriam vincere." SALLUST. Jugurtha, XLII.

"It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer."

"Bonum est fugienda aspicere in alieno malo.”

PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 76.

'It is good to learn what to avoid by studying the misfortunes of others." "Bonum est pauxillum amare sane; insane non bonum est."

PLAUTUS. Curculio, Act I., Sc. III., 20.—(Palinurus.)
"Tis good to love a little, and discreetly:
'Tis bad to love to a degree of madness.'

-(Bonnell Thornton.)

"Bonus animus in mala re, dimidium est mali."

PLAUTUS. Pseudolus, Act I., Sc. V., 37.-(Callipho.)

If against evil fortune you are bold,
Then half the evil's gone."

"Bonus judex damnat improbanda, non odit."

SENECA. De Ira, I., 16, 7.

"The upright judge condemns the crime, but does not hate the criminal." "Breve enim tempus aetatis, satis longum est ad bene honesteque vivendum." CICERO. De Senectute, XIX., 70.

"Our span of life is brief, but it is long enough for us to live well and honestly."

sempiterna."

"Brevis a natura nobis vita data est: at memoria bene redditae vitae CICERO. Philippica, XIV., 12, 32. Short is the life which nature has given us: but the memory of a life nobly laid down is eternal."

"Brevis esse laboro,

Obscurus fio."

HORACE. De Arte Poetica, 25. "I prove obscure in trying to be terse."-(Conington.)

"Brevissima ad divitias per contemptum divitiarum via est." SENECA. Epistolae, LXII., 3.

"The shortest road to wealth lies through the contempt of wealth."

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PERSIUS. Satires, IV., 42.

Misled by rage our bodies we expose,
And while we give, forget to ward, the blows;
This, this is life."-(Gifford.)

"Caesarem se, non regem esse (respondit)."

JULIUS CÆSAR. (Suetonius, I., 79.)

SENECA. De Providentia, IV., E.

'Misfortune is virtue's opportunity."

"Candida de nigris, et de candentibus atra."

OVID. Metamorphoses, XI., 315.

"He makes black white, and white he turns to black."

"Candida pax homines, trux decet ira feras."

OVID. De Arte Amandi, III., 502.

"Let white-robed peace be man's divinity;
Rage and ferocity are of the beast."

"(Adjicit deinde, quod apud Bactrianos vulgo usurpabant :) Canem timidum vehementius latrare quam mordere altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi."

QUINTUS CURTIUS. De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni,

VII., 4, 13.

"The cur's bark is worse than his bite; the deepest rivers flow most silently."

"Cantet, amat quod quisque; levant et carmina curas."

CALPURNIUS. Eclogues, I., 19.

"Let each one sing his love, for song will banish care."

Captum te nidore suae putat ille culinae."

JUVENAL. Satires, V., 162.

"He thinks you a vile slave, drawn by the smell Of his warm kitchen."-(Gifford.)

"Carmina Paullus emit; recitat sua carmina Paullus.
Nam quod emas, possis dicere jure tuum."

MARTIAL. Epigrams, II., 20, 1.
Paullus buys poems; his own poems he'll recite,
For what he buys is surely his by right."

"Carpe viam et susceptum perfice munus!"

VIRGIL. Eneid, VI., 629. "Now to the task for which we came :

Come, make we speed."-(Coningtɔn.)

"Casta ad virum matrona parendo imperat." PUBLILIUS SYRUS, 83. "A virtuous wife rules her husband by obeying him."

"Causa finita est."

ST. AUGUSTINE. Sermo CXXXI, 10.—(Of the Pelagian Controversy.) "The argument is at an end."

(Quae tantum accenderit ignem)
Causa latet; duri magno sed amore dolores
Polluto, notumque, furens quid foemina possit,
Triste per augurium Teucrorum pectora ducunt."

VIRGIL. Eneid, V., 5.

"What cause has lit so fierce a flame
They know not; but the pangs of shame
From great love wronged, and what despair
Can make a baffled woman dare,

All this they know, and knowing tread

The paths of presage, vague and dread."―(Conington.)

"Causa latet; vis est notissima (fontis)."

OVID. Metamorphoses, IV., 287.

"The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all."

"Cavendum est etiam, ne major poena, quam culpa sit; et ne iisdem de caussis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem."

CICERO. De Officiis, I., 25, 89.

"We must take care that the punishment is not in excess of the crime, and that it is not inflicted on some only, while others equally guilty are not even brought to trial."

"Cavete, per deos immortales! patres conscripti, ne spe praesentis pacis perpetuam pacem amittatis."

CICERO. Philippica, VII., 8, 25.

"For heaven's sake beware, lest in the hope of maintaining peace now, we lose the chance of a lasting peace hereafter."

"Cedant arma togae, concedat laurea laudi."

CICERO. De Officiis, I., 22, 77.

"Let the sword yield to the gown, let the laurel give place to honest worth."

"Cedat, opinor, Sulpici, forum castris, otium militiae, stilus gladio, umbra soli: sit denique in civitate ea prima res, propter quam ipsa est civitas omnium princeps."

CICERO. Pro Murena, XIV., 30.

"Let the market yield to the camp, peace to war, the pen to the sword, the shade to the sunshine; let us give the first place in the state to that which has made the state what it is,-the ruler of the world."

"Cede repugnanti; cedendo victor abibis."

OVID. De Arte Amandi, II., 197.

"Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory."

"Cedimus, an subitum luctando accendimus ignem ?
Cedamus. Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus.
Vidi ego jactatas mota face crescere flammas,
Et vidi nullo concutiente mori."

OVID. Amores, I., 2, 9.

"By fighting 'gainst desire we but allume
The sudden spark of love. Best yield; for thus
The burden of our passion lighter grows.
The brandished torch burns with a fiercer flame;
But cease to brandish it, the fire dies."

"Cedunt Grammatici, vincuntur Rhetores, omnis
Turba tacet, nec causidicus, nec praeco loquatur,
Altera nec mulier: verborum tanta cadit vis."

JUVENAL. Satires, VI., 438. "Grammarians yield,

Loud rhetoricians, baffled, quit the field;
Even auctioneers and lawyers stand aghast,
And not a woman speaks!-So thick and fast
The wordy shower descends."—(Gifford.)

"Censen' te posse reperire ullam mulierem,

Quae careat culpa ? an quia non delinquunt viri?"

TERENCE. Hecyra, Act IV., Sc. IV., 40.—(Laches.) "Do you think

To find a woman without any fault?

Or is't because the men are ne'er to blame?"-(George Colman.)

"Centum doctum hominum consilia sola haec devincit Dea

Fortuna. Atque hoc verum est: proinde ut quisque fortuna utitur, Ita praecellet, atque exinde sapere eum omnes dicimus."

PLAUTUS. Pseudolus, Act II., Sc. III., 12.—(Pseudolus.) "The goddess Fortune

Frustrates the counsels of a hundred wise heads.

And 'tis but truth-the man who knows to use
His fortune, he surpasses all: by all

Is therefore called a man of understanding."-(Bonnell Thornton.) "Cereus in vitium flecti, monitoribus asper.'

HORACE. De Arte Poetica, 163.

"Pliant as wax to those who lead him wrong,
But all impatience with a faithful tongue."-(Conington.)

"Certa amittimus, dum incerta petimus."

PLAUTUS. Pseudolus, Act II., Sc. III., 19.-(Pseudolus.) "We lose a certainty and grasp a shadow."-(Bonnell Thornton.) "Certa res 'st

Me usque quaerere illam, quoquo hinc abducta est gentium;
Neque mihi ulla obsistet amnis, neque mons, neque adeo mare;
Nec calor, nec frigus metuo, neque ventum neque grandinem;
Imbrem perpetiar; laborem subferam, solem, sitim.
Non concedam, neque quiescam usquam noctu neque interdius
Prius profecto quam aut amicam aut mortem investigavero."

PLAUTUS. Mercator, Act V., Sc. II., 16.-(Eutychus.)
"I'm resolved

Let rain

To seek her over all the world. No river,
Mountain, or sea shall bar my way. I fear
Nor heat, nor cold, nor wind, nor hail.
Descend in torrents and the scorching sun
Parch me with thirst, I will endure it all.
No rest, no respite night or day I'll take,

Till I have lost my life, or found my love.”—(Bonnell Thornton.)