Beneficium accipere libertatem vendĕre est. LABER.-" To ac cept an obligation is to barter your liberty."

Beneficium dignis ubi des, omnes obliges. SYR.-" Where you confer a benefit, worthy of it, the obligation is extended to all."

Prov.-" A benefit conferred The phrase may also mean an ill grace is no benefit.

Beneficium invito non datur. on a churl is no benefit." that a benefit conferred with Beneficium meminisse debet is, in quem collocata sunt; non commemorare qui contulit. CIC.-" He ought to remember benefits on whom they are conferred; he who confers them ought not to mention them."

Beneficium non in eo quod fit aut datur constitit, sed in ipso facientis aut dantis animo: anĭmus est enim qui beneficiis dat pretium. SEN.-"A benefit consists not in that which is done or given, but in the spirit in which it is done or given; for it is the spirit which gives all the value to the benefit."

Beneficium sæpe dare, docere est reddere.

SYR.-" Often

to confer a benefit is to teach how to make a return." In giving to others, we teach them to be charitable. Beneficus est qui non sui, sed alterius causa benignè facit. Cic." He is beneficent who acts kindly, not for his own sake, but to serve another." Disinterestedness is the soul of benevolence.

Benignior sententia in verbis generālībus seu dubiis est præferenda. COKE.-"In cases where general or doubtful words are employed, the more merciful construction is to be preferred."

Benignitas que constat ex opěrâ et industriá honestior est, et latius patet, et prodesse potest pluribus. CIC.-"That bounty, the essence of which is works and industry, is more honourable and more extended in its results, and has the power of benefiting more largely." The distinction between active charity and the mere bestowal of money. Benignus etiam dandi causam cogitat. Prov.-"Even the benignant man takes into consideration the grounds of his liberality." Indiscriminate bounty is as baneful as avarice. See Benefacta male, &c.

Bibĕre papaliter.—"To drink like a pope." A mediæval expression.

Bis dat qui citò dat. ALCIATUS.-"He gives twice who gives in time." The value of a service depends very much upon the grace and promptness with which it is done. See Inopi beneficium, &c., Gratia ab, &c.

Bis est gratum quod opus est, si ultro offeras. SYR.-" That is doubly acceptable, which is spontaneously offered when we stand in need.' "A friend in need is a friend indeed." Bis interimitur qui suis armis perit. SYR." He dies twice who perishes by his own arms." Misfortunes are doubly bitter when caused by ourselves.

Bis peccare in bello non licet. Prov.--" It is not permitted to err twice in war." Errors in war are often irretrievable, and leave no opportunity for a repetition. Bis pueri senes. Prov. "Old men are twice children." Said in reference to the years of dotage. twice a child."

"Once a man,

"He

conquers

Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoriâ. SYR.twice, who, when a conqueror, conquers himself." Blanda mendacia linguæ." The lies of a flattering tongue." Bæōtum in crasso jurāres aĕre natum. HOR.-" You would swear he was born in the dense atmosphere of Boeotia." The inhabitants of Boeotia, in Greece, were said to be remarkable for extraordinary stupidity. Their country, however, produced Pindar and Epaminondas.

Bombalio, clangor, stridor, taratantăra, murmur.-Words descriptive of a hubbub, or charivari.-"Oh what a row, what a rumpus, and a rioting!" as the song says. Bona bonis contingunt.-" Blessings befall the good." Bona fide." In good faith."

Bona malis paria non sunt, etiam pari numěro; nec lætitia ulla minimo mærōre pensanda. PLINY the Elder." The blessings of life do not equal its ills, although even in number; nor can any pleasure compensate for even the slightest pain." The sentiment of a melancholy mind, which looks on the dark side of things.

Bona němini hora est, ut non alicui sit mala. SYR.-"There is no hour good for one man but that it is bad for another." "One man's loss is another man's gain." Bona notabilia. Law Term.-" Known goods." Goods beyond the value of five pounds left by a person deceased, in any other diocese than that in which he died.

Bone leges malis ex moribus procreantur. MACROB.-" Good laws grow out of evil acts."

Bonārum rerum consuetudo pessima est. SYR.-"The constant enjoyment of good things is most hurtful." Habitual indulgence in luxuries is prejudicial; by constant repetition the taste becomes cloyed, and all sense of enjoyment lost.

Boni nullo emolumento impelluntur in fraudem, improbi sæpe parvo. CIC.-"Good men are never induced to commit fraud by any gain whatsoever; the bad often by a very little."

Boni pastoris est tondere pecus non deglubère. SUETON.-"It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to flay them." A saying of Tiberius Cæsar, in reference to

excessive taxation.

Boni vēnātōris est plures feras căpĕre non omnes:- "It is the business of a good sportsman to take much game, not all." From Notes to HORACE, by NANNIUS.

Boni viri omnes æquitatem ipsam amant. Cic.-" All good men love justice for its own sake.'

Bonis avibus." With good omens."

Bonis inter bonos quasi necessaria est benevolentia. Cic."Between good men there is a necessary interchange, as it were, of good feeling."

Bonis nocet quisquis pepercĕrit malis. SYR.-" He injures the good, who spares the wicked." Misplaced sympathy is an injury committed against society.

Bonis quod benefit haud perit. PLAUT.-"A kindness done to the good is never lost." Good deeds are never illbestowed.

Bono ingenio me esse ornātam, quam auro multo_mavělo. PLAUT. "I had much rather that I was adorned with a good disposition than with gold."

Bonum ego quam beātum me esse nimio dici mavělo. PLAUT. I would much rather be called good than fortunate." Bonum est fugienda aspicere in alieno malo. SYR.-"It is well to see what to avoid in the misfortunes of others." Bonum est, pauxillum amāre sane, insane non bonum est. PLAUT. It is good to love in a moderate degree; to love to distraction is not good."

Bonum magis carendo quam fruendo sentitur. Prov.-" A

good is more valued when we are in want of it, than when we enjoy it." The value of good health is only truly estimated by the sick man.

-Bonum summum quo tendimus omnes. LUCRET.-“That ultimate good at which we all aim."

Bonus animus in malâ re dimidium est mali. PLAUT.-" Good courage in a bad case is half of the evil got over."

Bonus arator agricultione se oblectat, cultu sæpe defatigatur, culturâ ditescit. CIC.-" A good husbandman takes delight in agriculture; he is often wearied with his labours, but by culture he gets rich."

-Bonus atque fidus

Judex honestum prætulit utili. HOR.

A good and faithful judge prefers the honest to the expedient." Bonus dux bonum reddit militem. Prov.-"A good general makes good soldiers."

Bonus judex secundum æquum et bonum judicat, et æquitatem stricte legi præfert. COKE.-"A good judge gives judgment according to what is equitable and right, and prefers an equitable construction to the strict letter of the law."

Bos alienus subinde prospectat foras. Prov.-"The strange ox repeatedly looks to the door." Significant of that love of home which pervades the animated creation. Bos fortius fatigatus figit pedem. Prov.-"The wearied ox treads the surest."

Bos in lingua. "An ox on his tongue." Said of a man who had been bribed, as the Athenians had money stamped with the figure of an ox.

Breve tempus ætatis satis est longum ad bene honestēque vivendum. CIC.-"A short life is long enough for us to live well and honestly.'

Brevi manu.-"With a short hand."

mary manner.

-Brevis esse labōro, Obscurus fio.

HOR.

Off-hand, in a sum

"While I endeavour to be brief, I become obscure." Said of authors who, aiming at conciseness, give their readers credit for knowing too much. The exclamation of Thomas Warton, on accidentally snuffing out a candle.

Brevis ipsa vita est, sed malis sit longior. SYR.-"Life itself is short, but it may last longer than your misfortunes." Somewhat similar to our proverb, "It is a long lane that! has no turning."

Brevis voluptas mox doloris est parens.-"Short-lived pleasure is the parent of speedy sorrow.'

Brutum fulmen.-"A harmless thunderbolt." Big words; the groans of the mountains when they were delivered of

Cacoethes." A bad habit." This is a Greek word Latinized, which has been adopted in other languages. Cacoethes carpendi.—“An itch for finding fault," or carping at."

Cacoethes scribendi.-" An itch for scribbling."

Cadit quæstio. A phrase in Logic.-" There is an end of the question." The matter requires no further investigation. See Casus quæstionis.

Ceca invidia est, nec quidquam aliud scit quam detrectare virtutes. LIVY.-"Envy is blind, and knows not how to do aught but detract from the virtues of others."

Caci sunt oculi, cum animus res alias agit. SYR.-"The eyes are blind, when the mind is intent upon something else." Cacus non judicat de colōre.—“ A blind man is no judge of colours."

Cæsarem portas, et fortunas ejus.-"Thou carriest Cæsar and his fortune." Said by Cæsar to the pilot in the tempest. Cætera desunt." The rest is wanting.'

Cætera quis nescit? OVID.-" The rest who knows not ?" Calamitas querula est et superba felicitas. CURT.-" Adversity is complaining, and prosperity proud."

Calamitosus est animus futūri anxius. SEN.-" The mind that is anxious about future events, is miserable."

-Campos ubi Troja fuit. LUCAN.-"The fields where Troy

once stood."

Callidos eos appello, quorum tanquam manus opere sic animus usu concalluit. CIC.-"I call those experienced, whose minds become strengthened just as the hands are hardened by labour."