14. Justice, that most excellent Virtue, can do much without Prudence; but Prudence without Justice, nothing.

15. When we oblige those that can never pay us again, as a Stranger upon his last Farewell, or a necessitous Person upon his Death-Red, we make Providence our Debtor, and rejoice in the Conscience even of a fruitless Benefit.

16. Anger is certainly a mean Thing, and below the Dignity of Man: This appears by considering those Persons in whom it reigns, who are generally of the weaker Sort, Children, Women, old and sick Persons.

Laus et Vituperium, &c.

WHEN two Substantives come together, and the latter is spoken in Praise or Dispraise of a Thing, shewing the Nature, Quality, or Character of such a Thing, it shall be put in the Genitive or Ablative Case.

1. In the Genitive.

1. What can be so clear and manifest, when we behold the Heavens, and contemplate Heavenly Things, as that there is a Deity of infinite Wisdom, who governs the Universe?

2. A Man of true Piety will bear whatever happens to him with Equanimity: for he will know that it proceeds from the Divine Law, that governs

the Universe.

3. Shame, as it hinders many from doing what is right, so it sometimes keeps Men of a wicked Disposition from base Actions.

4. Some Men are of such a tyrannous Humour, that upon the least Pretence, they take a Pleasure in tormenting those who are in their Power.

5. He was neither for Stature big, nor to the View strong, but a Man of admirable Wisdom.

6. He that is of a servile Nature, is not to be amended by Reason and Persuasion, but by Stripes.

7. There is no Man of so choleric a Temper, but if he heartily endeavoured, he would find it possible to subdue it.

8. Flies disquiet us not by their Strength, but by their Numbers: so great Affairs do not vex us su much as many Things of little Value.

9. A Man of a mean Estate may give less than one of a great, and yet be the more liberal Person : for Liberality is to be measured not so much by what is given, as by the Ability of the Giver.

2. In the Ablative..

1. Such as are of a malevolent Disposition, are the worse for being asked a Favor.

2. Young Men of great Genius are rather to be checked, than spurred on to Glory.

3. He that can take Delight to hear his Neighbour defamed, may well be presumed to be of so malevolent an Humour, that it is not likely he should stick at spreading the Slander.

4. To be of a free and cheerful Mind at Hours of Meat and Exercise, is one of the best Precepts for long Life.

5. Health is more sweet to those who are recovered from a sore Disease, than to those who were always of a sound and healthful Body.

6. Simonides was accounted a Man of great Memory.

7. The Vulgar, of a restless Disposition, are seditious, and ever desirous of a Change of Government.

8. If such as are born of good Parents, are of a bad Disposition, they become degenerate by their own Fault, and disgrace their Family.

9. A Person of Integrity will not be prevailed upon, either for Fear or Favor, to justify the least Untruth: but a Man of no Conscience, who hath accustomed himself to lying, cares not how many Falsehoods he testifies, which he utters without any Difficulty.

10. It is hard for a Man of base Condition, to bear a sudden Preferment decently.

Opus et Usus, &c.

OPUS and Usus, when they signify Need, Want, Occasion, require an Ablative Case.

1. Wisdom, among other Things, teaches as to receive all Accidents with as much Equanimity, as if they were ordered by the Will of Heaven; and plainly proves, that he is the happiest Man, who stands in no need of Prosperity; and he the most powerful, who can command himself.

2. There is no need of Exhortation, or Advice, to understand the Qualities of Colours: the Eye will distinguish white from black without a Teacher: but the Mind stands in need of many Precepts, that it may see the Fitness of every Action in Life.

3. There is need of Magistrates; without the

Prudence and Diligence of whom, a State cannot be well supported.

4. It was an easy Matter to bid Defiance to absent Evils: behold, the Pains now threaten, which you said were tolerable: behold Death, against the Fear of which you have often spoken so courageously! Now then is the time for Courage, and a strong Resolution.

5. Brave Men have no need of Walls.

6. What need would there be of Fortune, was Justice, of its own Accord, to give every one their own?

7. To secure ourselves on Land, we have need of Ships at Sea.

8. He is so diligent, he wants no Monitor.

9. There is need of great Care and Prudence in the Choice of a Wife.

Usus.

1. Let him go there is no need I should follow him; for I know he hates us all.

2. Keep the Money I lent you still in your Hands at present I do not want it.

3. My Friend desires you would lend him three hundred Pounds; for he has Occasion for one hundred to-day, and he will want two hundred to

morrow.

4. Now is the Time for Strength, and every Art, to overcome so perfidious an Enemy.

Opus autem adjectivè, &c.

. BUT Opus is sometimes used as an Adjective undeclined, for needful, necessary; and then it is only used in the Nominative or Accusative Case.

1. When you have done a Kindness, what need is their to speak of it? This is to invade another's Province, who would declare it with a better Grace, and add even this to your Praise,-that you have not spoken of it yourself.

2. Wish that you may be able to return a Benefit, when it shall be necessary; not that it may be

So.

3. Much Patience is necessary to bear the Loss of a Friend decently.

4. Nothing more is necessary for the setting up a Fortune-teller, than Impudence on one Side, and Credulity on the other.

5. The Soldier who guards the Ammunition and Baggage, is as necessary, as he that fights the Battle.

6. It is manifest, that few Things are necessary to satisfy Nature.

Construction of ADJECTIVES.

Adjectiva, quæ desiderium, &c.

ADJECTIVES signifying Desire, Knowledge, Memory, and the Contraries to these, as Aversion, Ignorance, Forgetfulness, or other Passions of the Mind, govern a Genitive Case: the Signs of and for.

1. DESIRE.

1. True Valour is desirous of Danger, and thinks how to behave ; not what it is about to suffer for this is the Part of Glory.