Note. If the Verbs be of the Active Voice, they govern an Accusative Case of the Thing, and a Dative of the Person; as, Magnam sibi laudem peperit, he acquired great Praise for himself:-If they be of the Passive, or Neuter Voice, a Dative only; as, Nec mihi seritur: Non omnibus dormio.

1. No Man doeth Wrong for the Wrong's Sake, but thereby to purchase himself Profit, or Pleasure, or Honor, or the like.

2. As for Life and Death, Honor and Dishonor, Riches and Poverty; all these Things happen unto Men both good and bad equally,

3. Let not the Confidence any Man hath of thy Honesty and Goodness, tempt thee to contrive any Mischief to him: for the more securely he relies on thy Virtue, the greater Wickedness will it be to do him an Injury.

4. There are no Snares so dangerous as those that are laid for us under the Name of good Offices.

5. No one can be truly happy, who is not always prepared against the worst that can befall him. 6. The wise Man makes his own Fortune.

7. He hath acquired for himself the best Furniture of Life, who hath got Friends.

8. Would you procure to yourself a happy Life, know, that all such Things, to which Virtue is annexed, are good; and all such, wherein Vice is concerned, are vile and scandalous.

9. What you have done well, my Son, you have done it for yourself, not for me.

10. No one can live happily, who respects himself only, and converts all Things to his own

Profit: you must live for others, if you would live for yourself.

11. I owe a great deal to the Sun and Moon, tho' they rise not for me alone; and am obliged to the Seasons, and the Almighty Power that governs them, tho' they are not appointed to do me any particular Honor.

12. If you would imitate God, do Good even to the ungrateful : for the Sun rises upon the Wicked, and the Seas are open to Pirates.

13. The Event of Things is in the Hand of God, and Thanks are due to him if we succeed: however, he requires that we should add our own Labor.

14. It is nothing to the purpose, how many know your Equity he that desires his Virtues to be blazed abroad, labors not for Virtue, but Glory.

15. What is there great, in that a Man loves himself, indulges himself, and acquires for himself? The true Desire of conferring a Benefit rejects these Things, being contented with the Act itself of doing Good.

16. Virtue is the best Kind of Nobility, which every one procures to himself, by his own good Morals.

Huic Regulæ appendent, &c.

To this general Rule belong divers Kinds of Verbs. Imprimis; Verba significantia Commodum, &c.

ALL Verbs signifying Advantage or Disadvanage, Suitableness or Unsuitableness, Good or Harm, (Lat. commodo, incommodo, noceo, opi

tulor, patrocinor, medeor, gratulor, grator, 'faveo, parco, indulgeo, &c.) govern a Dative Case.

1. I entreat you to assist him in every Instance that you can, without any Inconvenience to yourself, and to receive him into the Number of your Friends.

2. If you do a favor to any Man merely on your own Account, you are not his Friend, but an Usurer: nor are any Thanks due to him, who does a Kindness only for his own Profit.

3. And this I know he will do, rather to incommode me, than to gratify my Son.

4. As we suffer an infirm Limb, which might endanger the whole Body, to be cut off; so in the Body Politic, whatever is pestiferous must be taken off, that the whole may be safe.

5. He hurts the Innocent, who spares the Guilty. 6. We must take care so to direct our Liberality, as to do our Friends Good, and hurt Nobody. 7. He is truly a good Man, who does good to all he can, and hurts no one.

8. However pernicious Adulation is, it can only hurt those who admire it, and are pleased with it: and thus it happens, that the Man who flatters and idolizes himself, has his Ears most open to Flatterers.

9. The best way of treating Friends, is not to wait 'till they ask you, but to succour them voluntarily, when their Occasions require it.

10. What is more just than to repel Injuries? And what more honorable than to succour our Friend?

11. It is just to help the wretched and afflicted, however they become so.

12. There was a Time when I could have raised the obscure, and even protected the guilty; though now I cannot serve a virtuous and learned Friend.

13. The Business of Philosophy is to cure the Vices of Men.

14. He took upon him not only to defend the Man, but the Crime itself.

15. It is Prudence and Civility to cure the Malevolent, rather than to seek Revenge.

16. He that skilfully employs his Tongue, to give wholesome Instructions, especially to heal Differences, and make Peace, is an incomparable Blessing to the Place where he lives.

17. As Physicians, in curing the whole Body, study to heal even the least Part that was out of order; so Philosophy, having removed the principal Sickness of the Mind, if the least Error remains, takes care to root it out.

18. It is a Reproach to you to be wise abroad, and to give good Counsel to others, and yet are not able to help yourself.

19. Wish me Joy, Brother! for I have found the way to pacify my most inveterate Enemy.

20. All good Men returned me Thanks, and congratulated me in your Name..

21. He always appeared to me to favor your Interest.

22. Tho' I am by no means disposed to favor myself more than you, in regard to our Friendship; yet, when I compare our respective Actions, I have greater Reason, I think, to be satisfied with my own Conduct, than with yours.

23. Clemency is a Virtue which teaches a Man to be as sparing of another's Blood as of his own, and not to treat another prodigally or cruelly.

24. Either a more powerful Person hath hurt you, or a weaker: if a weaker, spare him; if ́a more powerful, spare yourself.

25. Never depart from that wholesome Precept, -husband well your Time.

26. Spare no Cost or Pains to acquire the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

27. I esteem that Man the best and most perfect, who so pardons others, as if himself was daily offending; and yet abstains from faults, as if he never pardoned any one.

28. Forgive others in many Things, yourself in nothing.

29. "Tis generous to forgive an Enemy.

30. It is easier to forgive a single Injury, than the same Injury repeated.

31. It is but just to forgive small Faults, and to treat great ones with Severity.

32. Pardon my Unskilfulness and Folly: now at last I perceive, that I have been blind and thoughtless.

33. Be mindful to keep this sound and wholesome Form of Life; so far only to indulge the Body, as may preserve a good State of Health.

34. If I did it with a good Intention, it is but right that you should pardon me.

35. As the young Man always behaved himself decently, he greatly indulged him, and loved him as his own Son.

36. Wherefore do I indulge my Grief? which, when unbridled, finds sufficient Matter in every the least Circumstance.