"Beatus autem esse sine virtute nemo potest."

No one can be happy without virtue."

CICERO. De Natura Deorum, I., 18, 48.

"In virtute posita est vera felicitas."

SENECA. De Vita Beata, XVI., 1.

"True happiness is centred in virtue."

"Beatus enim nemo dici potest extra veritatem projectus."

SENECA. De Vita Beata, V., 2.

"No one can be called happy who is living a life of falsehood." "Beatus est nemo qui ea lege vivit, ut non modo impune, sed etiam cum summa interfectoris gloria interfici potest.'

CICERO. Philippica, I., 14, 35.

'No one is happy who lives such a life that his murder would be no crime, but would rather redound to the credit of his murderer."

"Beatus ille qui, procul negotiis,

Ut prisca gens mortalium,

Paterna rura bobus exercet suis,
Solutus omni foenore."

HORACE. Epodes, II., 1.

"Happy is he who, far from business cares,

Living the life of our first ancestors,

Ploughs with his oxen the paternal farm,
Without a thought of mortgage or of debt."

"Bella gerant alii; Protesilaus amet." OVID. Heroides, XIII., 84. "Leave war to others; 'tis Protesilaus' part to love."

"Bella gerant alii, tu, felix Austria, nube!

Nam quae Mars aliis, dat tibi regna Venus."

MATTHIAS CORVINUS OF HUNGARY. (Quoted in a
footnote to Ch. I. of Sir W. Stirling Maxwell's
"Cloister Life of Charles the Fifth”.)

"Blest Austria, though others war, for thee the marriage vow.
Through Mars let others hold their realm, by Venus' favour
thou."

"Battle, by the mother's soul abhorred."―(Conington.)

"Bellum autem ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud nisi pax quaesita videatur." CICERO. De Officiis, I., 23, 80-8. "We should so enter upon war as to show that our only desire is peace." "Paritur pax bello." CORNELIUS NEPOS. Epaminondas, V.

"Bellum cum captivis et feminis gerere non soleo; armatus sit oportet, quem oderim."

QUINTUS CURtius. De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni,
IV., 11, 17.

"I war not with captives and women; he whom my hate pursues, must
carry arms.

"Bellum est enim sua vitia nosse. CICERO. Ad Atticum, II., 17, 2. "It is a great thing to know our own vices."

"Bellus homo et magnus vis idem, Cotta, videri ;
Sed qui bellus homo est, Cotta, pusillus homo est."

MARTIAL. Epigrams, I., 9, 1 (I., 10, 1).
"Poor Cotta tries to seem at once a great man, and a pretty,
But Cotta, sure, a pretty man is nothing else than petty."
HORACE. Epistolae, I., 1, 76.

"Belua multorum es capitum."

"Bene consultum inconsultum est, si inimicis sit usui,

Neque potest, quin, si id inimicis usui 'st, obsit mihi."

PLAUTUS. Miles Gloriosus, Act III., Sc. I., 6.-(Palaestrio.)
"What is well advised is ill advised,
The foe if it advantage; it can't be
But me it hurteth, if it profit him."

-(Bonnell Thornton.)

"(Et) 'Bene' discedens dicet placideque quiescas,' Terraque securae sit super ossa levis."

TIBULLUS. Elegies, II., 4, 49.

Well may you rest, in peace and free'd from care,
And may the earth lie light upon your bones."
"Ossa quieta, precor, tuta requiescite in urna,
Et sit humus cineri non onerosa tuo.'

OVID. Amores, III., 9, 67. "Calm be your rest, and undisturbed your tomb; Upon your ashes may the earth lie light.' "Sit tibi terra levis, mollique tegaris arena."

MARTIAL. Epigrams, IX., 30, 11.

"Light lie the soil upon you, soft be the earth that covers you." "Bene si amico feceris

Ne pigeat fecisse; ut potius pudeat si non feceris."

PLAUTUS. Trinummus, Act II., Sc. II., 66.—(Lysiteles.) "To show

A kindness to a friend is not to blame;

"Twere a shame rather not to do it."-(Bonnell Thornton.)

"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.

"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.”

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)."

"I am no king, but Cæsar."

"Calamitas virtutis occasio est."

JULIUS CESAR. (Suetonius, I., 79.)

SENECA. De Providentia, IV., 6

Metamorphoses, XI., 315.

"Misfortune is virtue's opportunity."

Candida de nigris, et de candentibus atra."

OVID.

"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."

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Carpe viam et susceptum perfice munus!"

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

Come, make we speed."-(Coningtɔn.)