1. Inconveniences, when they fall upon Virtue, have no more Effect, than a Shower in the Sea. 2. From the Passions come Hatred, Dissensions, Discords, Seditions and Wars: nor are they turbulent only without, or with blind Fury attack others, but while they are confined within our own Minds, even there they create mutual Jarrings and Dissensions.

3. We are liberal and beneficial, not because we want to be thanked for our Bounty, (for we are not to play the Usurer by good Actions,) but because Nature has given us a Propensity to Liberality Friendship is desirable, not for the Reward she brings, but because in the Affection itself there is every Delight.

4. In Friendship are all Things desirable; Honor, Glory, Tranquillity of Mind, and Enjoyment of Soul : with these Life is happy, and cannot be so without them.

5. Those Things are not to be deliberated upon, where in the Deliberation itself there is Wickedness: and in such a case, the Hope of being concealed and undiscovered must be entirely rejected: for if we have made any Proficiency in Philosophy, we ought to be fully satisfied, if it could be concealed from the Knowledge of God and Man, that we ought to do nothing that is unjust, nothing that is wicked.

In, pro erga, &c.

IN, signifying towards, against, for, to, and over, requires an Accusative Case.

1. Carry yourself so towards your Parents, as you would have your Children carry themselves towards you.

2. It is very laudable to exercise Kindness towards brute Creatures; that we may keep ourselves the more remote from all manner of Cruelty towards Men.

3. I hate to hear any thing that is harsh and severe said against any one, be it ever so witty.

4. It is barbarous Cruelty to rage against the prostrate.

5. The wise Man will be affected in the same Manner for his Friend, as for himself, and be ready to undertake the same Toils for his Friend's Advantage, as he would for his own.'

6. I would have you do what is for your Advantage.

7. He was a diligent Boy at School, but afterwards most unhappily given up to Luxury and Banquetting.

8. Our Benevolence to our Friends must be answerable to theirs for us, in all respects.

9. The Hall full of smoky Images makes not a Man noble: no one hath lived to our Glory; what was before us, is not ours.

10. Some are of such a Disposition, that if Enemies are wanting, on whom they may exercise their Malice, they will attack their Friends.

11. Error is remediless when it passes into Habit and Custom.

12. No one errs to himself alone; but spreads Folly among his Neighbours, and catcheth it likewise in his turn from them: from whence the Vices of the common People become general.

13. How scandalous was it for a Citizen to be tortured after a servile Manner !

14. What a Monster is Man raging against Man! There is no Affection over which Anger does not reign.

Sub, cùm ad tempus, &c.

SUB, when it relates to Time, (signifying of, or about,) is commonly joined with an Accusative Case.

1. The Cock generally crows at break of Day. 2. At the Hour of Battle he fell so fast asleep, that he was awakened by his Friends to give the Signal.

3. He is cheerful enough all Day, but at Night his Anxiety returns.

Super, pro ultra, &c.

SUPER, signifying ultra beyond, governs an Accusative Case; but when put for de concerning, it' requires an Ablative.

1. The River Tyber at that Time had overflowed its Banks.

2. I was glad when I had passed over the Mountains.

3. When I came home, my Father asked me many Questions concerning the School and Discipline, to which I gave him satisfactory Answers.

Tenus Ablativo et singulari, &c.

At Genitivo tantùm plurali, &c.

TENUS governs an Ablative Case both in the singular and plural Number, or a Genitive in the plural Number only and is always set after the Noun it governs.

1. I went into the Water up to the Neck, because I could swim, but my Brother ventured only up to the Knees.

2. Some Men are happy as far as Report, when perhaps they find the contrary within.

3. There is a so-far, that Pardon may be given to Friendship.

With a Genitive Case.

1. As he was walking Home, he fell into a Quagmire up to the Knees.

2. As he was standing on the Shore, the Tide came in so fast, that it reached up to his Waist, so that he escaped with Difficulty.

The Construction of Interjections.

Interjectiones non rarò, &c.

1. "Alas! how poor are my Kine, even in rich Pasture!

2. Alas! that he should transact so carelessly an Affair of so great Consequence!

3. Alas! how fast do the Years slide away! surely this ought to excite our Diligence.

O, exclamantis, &c.

O, An Interjection of exclaiming, takes a Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative Case after it.

1. With a Nominative Case.

1. O Heaven, O Earth, O Seas of Neptune! hear my Complaint.

2. O the Habit of sinning! What Pleasure does it give wicked Men, when there are Hopes of Impunity.

3. O immortal Powers! little do Men think what a Revenue Frugality brings in,

4. O gracious Powers! what is there in Life that can be called long? Nothing seems to be lasting, after its Period is arrived; for whenever that Period comes, there is an end of all that is past, and nothing remains but what is gained by Acts of Virtue and Benevolence.

5. O the happy Death, which, due to Nature, is given up to the Good of our Country!

2. With an Accusative Case.

1. O the wretched Folly! there is even Ambition in Grief.

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