Abstinenda vis a regibus.-Use not coercive measures against those in authority.

Absurdum est, ut alios regat, qui seipsum regère nescit.-It is an absurdity that he should rule others who cannot command himself.

Abundans cautela non nocet.-An excess of caution does no harm.

"Take heed is a good reed."

"Safe bind, safe find." SHAKS.

Abundat dulcibus vitiis. QUINT.-He is full of sweet faults. "E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side." GOLDSMITH.

Acceptissima semper

Munera sunt, auctor quæ pretiosa facit. OVID.

Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our regard for the donor.

Acerrima proximōrum odia.

tions is the most bitter.

TAC.-The hatred of rela

"The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish."

"The sweetest wine makes the sharpest vinegar,"

"Cousin-germans-quite removed."

"The greatest hate springs from the greatest love."

"If that you have a former friend for foe." BYRON.

Acribus initiis, incurioso fine. TAC.-Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

Acta exteriora indicant interiora secrēta. Our outward actions reveal our hidden intentions.

"Out of the fulness of the heart the mouth speaketh."

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CIC. Do nothing twice over.

Overdoing is doing nothing to the purpose."

Actus, me invito, factus, non est meus actus.-What I do against my will cannot be said to be my own act. "A man convinced against his will,

Is of the same opinion still."

Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea.-The act itself does not constitute a crime, unless the intent be criminal.

Ad assem omnia perdere. To lose his last farthing.

Ad calamitatem quilibet rumor valet. SYR.-Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.

"He who wants his dog killed has only to say he's mad."
"He that hath an ill name is half hanged."

"When the ox falls, there are many that will help to kill him.”
"When the tree is fallen, every one goeth to it with his hatchet."
"All bite the bitten dog."

See "

Dejecta." "Inviso semel." "Pudica non." Ad consilium ne accesseris antequam voceris.-Do not give an opinion until it is asked for.

"Speak when you are spoken to."

Ad finem ubi perveneris, ne velis reverti.-Having achieved your purpose, seek not to undo what has been done.

Ad gěněrum Cěrĕris sine cæde et vulnere pauci

Descendunt reges, et siccâ morte tyranni. Juv.

Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.

"Tyrants' fears

Decrease not, but grow faster than their years." SHAKS.

Ad Græcas Calendas.-When the Greek Calends come round. [Never.]

"When two Sundays meet."

"When the frog has hair."

Ad incitas redigere. To checkmate your adversary. To leave him not a leg to stand on.

Ad lætitiam datum est vinum non ad ebrietatem.-Wine is

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given to bring mirth not drunkenness.

"Eating and drinking

Shouldn't keep us from thinking."

Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil." SHAKS. Ad mensuram aquam bibunt, citra mensuram offam comedentes. They limit their expenditure where it is not needed, and are ever lavish of that of which they should be sparing.

"To save at the spigot and let it run out of the bunghole."

"To skin a flint for a farthing, and spoil a knife worth fourpence."

"A cough will stick longer by a horse than a peck of oats."

"A sooty chimney costs many a beef-steak."

See "In minimis."

Ad perditam secūrim manubrium adjicěre.

"To throw the helve after the hatchet."

See "Furor est."

Ad pænitendum propĕrat, citò qui judicat. SYR.-Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.

Ad præsens ova cras pullis sunt meliora.

"Better have an egg to-day than a hen to-morrow."

"One bird in hand is better far

Than two that in the bushes are."

"A sparrow in hand is worth more than a vulture flying."

"He that leaves certainty and sticks to chance,

When fools pipe he may dance."

"A living dog is better than a dead lion."

See "Capta avis." "Una avis."

Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio. SYR. — A suspicious mind sees everything on the dark side. "Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!

The thief doth fear each bush an officer." SHAKS.

"Trifles light as air

Are to the jealous confirmations strong

As proofs of holy writ." SHAKS.

"All seems infected that th' infected spy,

As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye." POPE.

Adeo in těněris consuescère multum est. VIR. — Of Such im

portance is early training.

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old

will not depart from it.”

"What is learned in the cradle lasts to the grave."

"Bend the willow while it is young."

"Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined. Pope.
See "Principiis obsta."

Adhibenda est in jocando moderatio. Cic.--Joking must have its proper limit.

"A joke driven too far brings home hate."

"Wit is folly unless a wise man hath the keeping of it."
"The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen." BYRON.

See "Cum jocus." "Ludus enim." "Tolle jocos."

Adhuc sub judice lis est.

the court.

HOR. The question is yet before
HOR.—The

[The point in question is yet undecided.]

Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.

should accompany youth.

PLAUT.-Modesty

Adornare verbis benefacta. PLIN.-To enrich a favour by a

courteous manner in conferring it.

"A civil denial is better than a rude grant."

"Her pretty action did outsell her gift,

And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said

She prized it once." SHAKS.

See "Dat benè."