1. The Diligence of the Ant is the more remarkable, because they have none to lead and direct them, as Mankind have.

2. He is a good-for-nothing Parasite, who has Money at home.

3. What I have, I desire the same for all my Friends.

4. Let us endeavour to bear patiently whatever afflicts the Body; and say to Fortune, You have now a Man to deal with: look out elsewhere for one you can conquer.

5. Alas! how great is my Poverty! yet this one Thing I have always taken care of, that I may havẹ Credit.

6. When a Man has Credit, he can easily find Money: so long as I preserve my Reputation, I shall be rich enough..

Note. If sum be made by the Infinitive Mood, the Nominative Case, according to this Rule, shall be turned into the Accusative.

1. The covetous Man never thinks he has Wealth cnough; and therefore can never be content.

2. Huic simile est suppetit, &c.

THE Verb suppetit hath the like Construction; and is thus used for habeo.

1. He that eagerly seeks Praise, is not at all Master of himself: but he must suit his Actions to that end, and enslave himself to every one that has but a Tongue to commend him.

2. If thou hast Plenty enough to give, be bountiful towards the Poor.

3. The sure way for a Man to avoid the Disgrace and Injustice of not paying what he owes, is never to borrow more than he knows he has Means

to re-pay.

4. Boldness is dangerous where the Spirits have not sufficient Strength.

5. I wish your Deeds may be answerable to your Words.

3. Sum, cum multis aliis, &c.

THE Verb sum, with many others, (as do, tribuo, duco, habeo, verto, &c.) may have two Dative Cases; one of the Person, another of the Thing and if they be Active, they have an Accusative Case at the same Time.

1. A truly religious, just, and charitable Man is a Blessing to all about him.

2. Happy are the Parents who live so, as their Virtue may be a Pattern to their Children.

3. A Child, when advanced to Dignity or Wealth, must not think it a Disparagement to him to look on his Parents that remain in a low Condition. 4. Fortune is ever assistant to Fortune.

5. Covetousness is a great Evil to Mankind. 6. Clemency is so to be tempered, as not to be our Destruction.

7. As Desperation is the greatest and most destructive Evil to the Person afflicted with it; so is it most grievous and intolerable to the State.

8. It is not of less Concern to a good Man, what the State will be after his Death, than at present. 9. Cruelty is an Abomination to all, as Piety and Clemency are their Delight.

10. The best Inheritance a Parent can leave a Child, is the Example of a virtuous and noble Conduct; which to be a Disgrace to, ought to be deemed Wickedness and Impiety.

11. A generous Disposition, if it follows good Instruction, may be a Blessing to the Country; but if it degenerates into Vice, may do a great deal of Mischief.

12. That cannot but be of Service to my Enemies, which is of Disservice to me.

13. I recommend nothing to you, but what I thought to be for your Good.

14. I see many Reasons to believe, that the Envy of your Adversaries will be an Honor to you.

15. Do your Duty, and never fear that any good Man will turn your Behaviour to your Dispraise.

16. In having run some Risk to serve a Friend, who is there that will blame you for it?

17. Some Men take it to be a Praise to themselves, that they can bully others out of their Right.

4. Est ubi hic Dativus, &c.

THESE three Datives, tibi, sibi, and mihi, are sometimes added by way of Elegance in Expression, tho' the Sense may not require them.

1..I will do this. Business effectually.

2. Dispatch this Business as soon as you can. 3. Nothing looks more silly than a crafty Knave outwitted, and beaten at his own Weapon.

4. Now must I be as cunning and wicked as himself, that I may be able to drive him from the Door with his own Weapon.

IV. Verbs governing an Accusative Case. Verba transitiva, &c.

VERBS transitive, (so called because their Action passeth forth on some Person or Thing,) whether they be Active, Deponent, or Common, require an Accusative of the Person or Thing, on whom, or on which, the Action is transferred; or of that Word which answers to the Question, whom? or what? as, Te amo, Deum venerare, Juvat me.

1. Many know not the Force of Virtue: they only usurp the Name, but are Strangers to her Influence.

2. Wretched Poverty hath nothing harder in itself, than that it makes Men ridiculous.

3. Adversity makes a Man great, as Prosperity makes him happy.

4. I will esteem Men, not by their Vocation and Estate, but by their Manners. The Manners are a Man's own, but Fortune assigns him a Vocation.

5. Friendship is not the Result of Utility, but Utility of Friendship.

6. Friendship makes Prosperity more splendid, and Adversity lighter, by partaking in it.

7. They who banish Delicacy from Friendship, deprive it of its noblest Ornament.

8. Nothing is more becoming, than in every respect to maintain Constancy.

9. We can by no means keep up the Pleasure of Life firm and lasting, nor maintain Friendship itself, unless we love our Friends as ourselves.

10. Covetousness, and the Love of Money, subvert Probity, Fidelity, and all the good Arts.

11. Contumely hath a certain Sting, which prudent and good Men can hardly bear.

12. Virtue alone affords perpetual Joy and Security: whatever may seem to prevent these, passeth over like a Cloud, which for a Moment darkens, but cannot hide the Day.

13. Brave Men are wont to follow not so much the Reward of good Deeds, as the good Deeds themselves. wo

14. Impropriety is to be avoided, not only on account of the Disadvantages that attend the wicked, but much more because it suffers not the Person who is engaged therein, to breathe, or take any Rest: for no wicked Man can promise himself Impunity.

15. So frail is this little Body of ours, that it is, not only liable to Pain from Injuries and tyrannical Power, but its very Pleasures are turned into Torments: Feastings create Surfeits; Drunkenness brings on a Weakness and trembling of the Nerves; and Lustfulness Distortion of the Hands, Feet, and Joints.