2. I remember all your Counsels, which if I had listened to, I had not undergone all these Misfortunes.

3. I take no notice of the Vulgar, who are still more despicable than the Objects they admire: but it is strange that Men of Sense should delight in a Diversion that is trifling, insipid, and common; whom when I think on, I am not displeased that I cannot relish their Entertainment.

4. Call your Mind off from these Things, and rather remember those that are suitable to your Circumstances.

5. As we are animated by those good Things which we expect, so we are delighted by those which we recollect: but as Fools are tormented by reflecting on past Evils; so the renewing the agreeable Remembrance of past Happiness, gives Delight to the wise.

6. It is worth while to recollect the Diligence and Industry of our Ancestors.

II. Obliviscor.

1. With a Genitive Case.

1. A Petitioner is apt to say, I shall never forget this Favor; it will be an eternal Obligation to me but, in a little while, the Note is changed, and the Favor at last quite forgotten.

2. Men are apt to forget Justice, when they come to be transported with the Desire of Empire, high Place, and Titles.

3. There are many who understand their Duty well enough, but are apt to forget it: nay, some

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times, by the Violence of Passion, even when they do remember it, they are apt to transgress,

4. It is the part of Fools to discern the Vices of other Men, and to forget their own.

5. If they have not provoked me so far as to make me forget the Dignity of my Character, they have at least taught me to regard my Safety.

6. The Law of a Benefit between two, is; the one ought immediately to forget the Thing given, the other never the Thing received.

7. We must mind other Men's Business so as not to forget our own.

8. Their Life is shortest and most unhappy, who for the past, neglect the present, and are afraid concerning that which is to come; and who, when they come to their last, perceive too late how long they have been employed in doing nothing.

9. If I am willing to forget your former Insolence, must I also forget these late and fresh Injuries? I cannot see how you can expect it.

10. I suppose you think that I have forgot my Practice and Purpose, because I write more seldom to you than I used to do.

2. With an Accusative Case.

1. Old Age is forgetful; yet I believe, never any old Man forgot the. Place in which he laid his Gold.

2. In our Youth we forget the Obligations of our Infancy; and when we are Men, we forget those of our Youth.

3. He that defrauds or oppresseth the Poor,

forgets God, who can reduce him to the same Condition.

4. No one can think him so stupid, as to forget his Art; or so indolent, as to lay aside his usual Employ.

5. I have done as you ordered me: I am not forgetful of my Duty.

III. Memini.

1. With a Genitive Case.

1. It is the part of a prudent Man to be mindful of Death.

2. He who is greedy of Fame after his Death, considers not, that they themselves, who remember him, shall soon after, every one of them, be dead; and they likewise who succeed those; 'till at last all Memory shall be quite extinct.

3. We must be mindful of a Benefit received, and forget one given.

4. That is not a Benefit, which I cannot remember without being ashamed.

5. When young Men are inclined to relax their Minds, let them beware of Intemperance, and remember moral Decency.

6. In Causes of Life and Death, Judges ought, as far as the Law permits, in Justice to remember Mercy; and to cast a severe Eye upon the Example, and a merciful Eye upon the Person.

7. Whoever obstructs me in my Course, I will make him remember the Day, the Place, and me, as long as he lives."

2. Memini, With an Accusative Case.

1. Every one remembers, or ought to remember, his own Affairs.

2. In all your Affairs remember your End, and you will never do amiss.

3. It is an Honor to a modest Man, to be mindful of his Duty.

4. Your Goodness teaches you to forget the many Obligations you have laid upon me, which I ought always to remember.

5. Such Men are extremely odious, who upbraid others of an Obligation, which he alone ought to remember, who has received it.

6. We remember him rich, and he remembers us poor.

7. We must often remember that, which is now become a Proverb,-that Bounty has no Bottom.

8. The Time will come, when it will be a Pleasure to remember these Things.

9. He remembered not only all his Actions, but all his Expressions.

10. There is no Time when the wise Man has not a greater Share of Joy than of Pain: for he gratefully remembers the good Things that are past, and prudently enjoys the present, in a cheerful Expectation of the future.

Potior aut Genitivo, &c.

THE Verb Potior, signifying to obtain, or enjoy, governs either a Genitive or an Ablative Cuse.

1. With a Genitive Case.

1. It was the general Opinion throughout the East, that the Jews at this Time, by the Decree of Fate, should be Masters of the World.

2. While the City of Athens had Power, it had the Reputation also of acting wisely.

2. With an Ablative Case.

1. I would not speak ill of an innocent Man, though I was sure thereby to gain a Kingdom. 2. We many times eagerly desire those Things, which would undo us if we had them.

3. What labouring Man is not glad that his Work is over? What Mariner is not glad that he has weathered all Storms, and got to his desired Haven?

4. They thought it safer, by blocking up the Road, and cutting off all Convoys of Corn, to obtain a Victory without Bloodshed..

III. Verbs governing an Accusative Case. Omnia Verba regunt, &c.

ALL Verbs govern a Dative Case of that Thing or Person, to or for which any Thing is procured or acquired, by any means whatever, and whether the Thing procured be good or bad.