In health, to be stirring shall profit thee best; / 20 in sickness, hate trouble, seek quiet and rest. Thomas Tusser.

In heaven ambition cannot dwell, / Nor avarice in the vaults of hell. Southey.

In heaven the angels are advancing continually to the spring-time of their youth, so that the oldest angel appears the youngest. Swedenborg.

In Heaven's sight the mere wish to pray is prayer. (?)

In her eyes that never weep, lightnings are laid asleep. A. Mary F. Robinson.

In her first passion, woman loves her lover, / 25 In all the others, all she loves is love. Byron.

In high life every one is polished and courteous, but no one has the courage to be hearty and true. Goethe.

In Him we live and move and have our being. St. Paul.

In hoc signo spes mea—In this sign is my hope. M.

In hoc signo vinces—By this sign (the cross) thou shalt conquer. M.

In hoc statu—In this state or condition. 30

In hope to merit heaven by making earth a hell. Byron.

In idleness alone is there perpetual despair. Carlyle.

In illo viro, tantum robur corporis et animi fuit, ut quocunque loco natus esset, fortunam sibi facturus videretur—In that man there was such oaken strength of body and mind, that whatever his rank by birth might have been, he gave promise of attaining the highest place in the lists of fortune. Livy, of Cato the elder.

In intercourse with people of superior station, all that is required is not to be perfectly natural, but always to keep within the line of a certain conventional propriety. Goethe.

In jedem Menschen ist etwas von allen Menschen—In 35 every man there is something of all men. Lichtenberg.

In judicando criminosa est celeritas—In pronouncing judgment, haste is criminal. L.

In just and equal measure all is weighed; / One scale contains the sum of human weal, / And one, the good man's heart. Shelley.

In King Cambyses' vein. 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4.

In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath. Johnson.

In learning anything, its first principles alone 40 should be taught by constraint. Goethe.

In letters, if anywhere, we look for the man, not for the author. Blair.

In life a friend may be often found and lost; but an old friend never can be found, and Nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost. Johnson.

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves. Bulwer Lytton.

In life every situation may bring its own peculiar pleasures. Goldsmith.

In life there is no present. Byron. 45

In limine—At the threshold or outset.

In literature to-day there are plenty good masons, but few good architects. Joubert.

In loco parentis—In the place of a parent.

In long-drawn systole and long-drawn diastole must the period of faith alternate with the period of denial; must the vernal growth, the summer luxuriance of all opinions, spiritual representations and creations, be followed by and again follow the autumnal decay, the winter dissolution. Carlyle.

In love all is risk. Goethe. 50

In love we are all fools alike. Gay.

In love we never think of moral qualities, and scarcely of intellectual ones. Temperament and manner alone, with beauty, excite love. Hazlitt.

In loving thou dost well, in passion not, / Wherein true love consists not. Milton.

In magnis et voluisse sat est—In great things it is enough even to have willed. Propertius.

In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Mid. N.'s 55 Dream, ii. 1.

In manners tranquillity is the supreme power. Mme. de Maintenon.

In marriage, as in other things, contentment excels wealth. Molière.

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best; in matters of prudence, last thoughts are best. Robert Hall.

In mediæval art, thought is the first thing, execution the second; in modern art, execution is the first thing and thought the second. Ruskin.

In mediæval art, truth is first, beauty second; in modern art, beauty is first, truth second. Ruskin.

In medias res—Into the midst of a thing at once.

In medio tutissimus ibis—You will go safest in the middle or in a middle course. Ovid.

In medio virtus—Virtue lies in the mean. Pr. 5

In meinem Revier / Sind Gelehrten gewesen / Ausser ihrem Brevier / Konnten sie keines lesen—In my domain there have been learned men, but outside their breviary they could read nothing. Goethe.

In meinem Staate kann jeder nach seiner Façon selig werden—In my dominions every one may be happy in his own fashion. Frederick the Great.

In melle sunt sitæ linguæ vestræ atque orationes, / Corda felle sunt lita atque aceto—Your tongues and your words are steeped in honey, but your hearts in gall and vinegar. Plaut.

In memoriam—To the memory of.

In men we various ruling passions find; / In 10 women, two almost divide the mind; / Those, only fix'd, they first or last obey, / The love of pleasure and the love of sway. Pope.

In mercatura facienda multæ fallaciæ et quasi præstigiæ exercentur—In commerce many deceptions, not to say juggleries, are practised.

In misfortune, in error, and when the time appointed for certain affairs is about to elapse, a servant who hath his master's welfare at heart ought to speak unasked. Hitopadesa.

In moderating, not in satisfying desires, lies peace. Bp. Heber.

In modern England the ordinary habits of life and modes of education produce great plainness of mind in middle-aged women. Ruskin.

In morals, as in art, saying is nothing, doing 15 is all. Renan.

In morals good-will is everything, but in art it is ability. Schopenhauer.

In morals, what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion, what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Mrs. Jameson.

In much corn is some cockle. Pr.

In much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Bible.

In my Father's house are many mansions. 20 Jesus.

In my virtue (Tugend) I wrap myself and sleep. Platen.

In Nature there's no blemish but the mind; / None can be called deformed but the unkind. Twelfth Night, iii. 4.

In Nature things move violently to their places, and calmly in their place; so virtue in ambition is violent, in authority settled and calm. Bacon.

In Nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it, and over it. Goethe.

In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in 25 omnibus charitas—In essential matters, unity, in doubtful, liberty; in all, charity. Melanthon.

In nine cases out of ten, the evil tongue belongs to a disappointed man. Bancroft.

In no time or epoch can the Highest be spoken of in words—not in many words, I think, ever. Carlyle.

In nocte consilium—In the night is counsel; take a night to think over it; sleep upon it.

In nomine—In the name of.

In nomine Domini incipit omne malum—In the 30 name of the Lord every evil begins. Mediæval Pr.

In nubibus—In the clouds.

In nuce Ilias—An Iliad in a nutshell.

In obscuro—In obscurity.

In old age nothing any longer astonishes us. Goethe.

In old times men used their powers of painting 35 to show the objects of faith; in later times they used the objects of faith to show their powers of painting. Ruskin.

In omni re vincit imitationem veritas—In everything truth surpasses its imitation or copy. Cic.

In omnia paratus—Prepared for all emergencies. M.

In omnibus quidem, maxime tamen in jure, æquitas est—In all things, but particularly in law, regard is to be had to equity. L.

In one thing men of all ages are alike; they have believed obstinately in themselves. Jacobi.

In oratory the will must predominate. Hare. 40

In order to do great things, it is necessary to live as if one were never to die. Vauvenargues.

In order to love mankind, we must not expect too much of them. Helvetius.

In order to manage an ungovernable beast, he must be stinted in his provender. Queen Elizabeth.

In our age of down-pulling and disbelief, the very devil has been pulled down; you cannot so much as believe in a devil. Carlyle.

In our fine arts, not imitation, but creation, is 45 the aim. Emerson.

In our judgment of human transactions the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us. Whately.

In our own breast, there or nowhere flows the fountain of true pleasure. Wieland.

In pace leones, in prælio cervi—Brave as lions in peace, timid as deer in war.

In pain is a new time born. Chamisso.

In pari materia—In a similar matter. 50

In partibus infidelium—In unbelieving countries.

In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man / As modest stillness and humility; / But when the blast of war blows in our ears, / Then imitate the action of the tiger; / Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, / Disguise fair Nature with hard-favour'd rage, / Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; / Let it pry through the portage of the head / Like the brass cannons. Hen. V., iii. 1.

In peace, who is not wise? Hitopadesa.

In perfect wedlock, the man, I should say, is the head, but the woman the heart, with which he cannot dispense. Rückert.

In perpetuam rei memoriam—In everlasting remembrance of a thing.

In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium—We are pouring our words into a perforated cask, i.e., are throwing them away. Plaut.

In petto—Within the breast; in reserve. It.

In pios usus—For pious uses. 5

In Plato's opinion, man was made for philosophy; in Bacon's opinion, philosophy was made for man. Macaulay.

In pleno—In full.

In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable. Heine.

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at. Bovee.

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends 10 in folly. Coleridge.

In pontificalibus—In full canonicals.

In portu quies—Rest in port. M.

In posse—Possibly; in possibility.

In practical life, the wisest and soundest men avoid speculation. Buckle.

In præsenti—At present. 15

In pretio pretium est; dat census honores, / Census amicitias; pauper ubique jacet—Worth lies in wealth; wealth purchases honours, friendships; the poor man everywhere is neglected. Ovid.

In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies; / All quit their sphere and rush into the skies. Pope.

In principatu commutando, civium / Nil præter domini nomen mutant pauperes—In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name. Phædr.

In private grieve, but with a careless scorn; / In public seem to triumph, not to mourn. Granville.

In proportion as one simplifies his life, the 20 laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness. Thoreau.

In propria persona—In person.

In prosperity caution, in adversity patience. Dut. Pr.

In prosperity no altars smoke. It. Pr.

In puris naturalibus—Stark naked.

In quietness and in confidence shall be your 25 strength. Bible.

In quite common things much depends on choice and determination, but the highest which falls to our lot comes from no man knows whence. Goethe.

In radiant, all-irradiating insight, a burning interest, and the glorious, melodious, perennial veracity that results from these two, lies the soul of all worth in all speaking men. Carlyle.

In re—In the matter of.

In referenda gratia, debemus imitari agros fertiles qui plus multo afferunt quam acceperunt—In repaying kindness, we ought to imitate fertile lands, which give back much more than they have received. Cic.

In regard to a book, the main point is what it 30 brings me, what it suggests to me. Goethe.

In regard to virtue, each one finds certainty by consulting his own heart. Renan.

In religion as in friendship, they who profess most are ever the least sincere. Sheridan.

In religion, the sentiment is all; the ritual or ceremony indifferent. Emerson.

In religion / What damnéd error but some sober brow / Will bless it and approve it with a text? Mer. of Ven., iii. 2.

In rerum natura—In the nature of things. 35

In resolving to do our work well, is the only sound foundation of any religion whatsoever; and by that resolution only, and what we have done, and not by our belief, Christ will judge us, as He has plainly told us He will. Ruskin.

In reverence is the chief joy and power of life. Ruskin.

In Rome the Ten Commandments consist of the ten letters, Da pecuniam, Give money. C. J. Weber.

In sæcula sæculorum—For ages and ages; for ever and ever.

In sanguine fœdus—A covenant ratified in blood. 40 M.

In saying aye or no, the very safety of our country and the sum of our well-being lies. L'Estrange.

In science read the newest works; in literature, the oldest. Bulwer Lytton.

In science the new is an advance; but in morals, as contradicting our inner ideals and historic idols, it is ever a retrogression. Jean Paul.

In science we have to consider two things: power and circumstance. Emerson.

In se magna ruunt—Great interests are apt to 45 clash with each other. Lucan.

In seipso totus, teres, atque rotundus—Perfect in himself, polished, and rounded. Hor.

In self-trust all the virtues are comprehended. Emerson.

In serum rem trahere—To protract the discussion, or the sitting, to a late hour. Livy.

In service, care or coldness / Doth ratably thy fortunes mar or make. George Herbert.

In situ—In its original position. 50

In small proportion we just beauties see, / And in short measures life may perfect be. Ben Jonson.

In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it hard to find rules without exceptions. George Eliot.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. Sterne.

In solo Deo salus—Salvation in God alone. M.

In solo vivendi causa palato est—To gratify the 55 palate is the sole object of their existence. Juv.

In some men a certain mediocrity of mind helps to make them wise. La Bruyère.

In some men there is a malignant passion to destroy the works of genius, literature, and freedom. Junius.

In some sort, love is greater than God. Jacob Böhme.

In some things all, in all things none, are crossed. R. Southwell.

In spite of all his faults, there is no creature 60 worthier of affection than man. Goethe.

In spite of all misfortunes, there is still enough to satisfy one. Goethe.

In spite of all the evil that is said of the unfortunates, kings sometimes have their good qualities too. The Miller of Sans Souci.

In spite of seeming difference, men are all of one pattern. Emerson.

In statu quo—In the state in which it was.

In stinting wisdom, greatest wisdom lies. Sir 5 Richard Baker.

In such a world as this a man who is rich in himself is like a bright, warm, happy room at Christmastide, while without are the frost and snow of a December night. Schopenhauer.

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. Not traceable.

In tale or history your beggar is ever the first antipode to your king. Lamb.

In tenui labor, at tenuis non gloria—Slight is the subject of my work, but not the glory. Virg.

In terrorem—As a warning. 10

In that fire-whirlwind (of the burning of the world-Phoenix), creation and destruction proceed together; ever as the ashes of the old are blown out, do organic filaments of the new mysteriously spin themselves; and amid the rushing and waving of the whirlwind element come tones of a melodious death-song, which end not but in tones of a more melodious birth-song. Carlyle.

In the adversity of our best friends we always find something that does not altogether displease us. La Roche.

In the balance, hero dust / Is vile as vulgar clay: / Thou, mortality, art just / To all that pass away. Byron.

In the breast of every single man there slumbers a frightful germ (Keim) of madness (Wahnsinn). Feuchtersleben.

In the career of nations no less than of men, 15 the error of their intellect and the hardening of their hearts may be accurately measured by their denial of spiritual power. Ruskin.

In the catalogue ye go for men. Macb., iii. 1.

In the childhood of nations speaking was singing; let this be repeated in the childhood of the individual. Jean Paul.

In the coldest flint there is hot fire. Pr.

In the confidence of youth man imagines that very much is under his control; in the disappointment of old age, very little. Draper.

In the darkest spot on earth / Some love is 20 found. Procter.

In the degree in which you delight in the life of any creature, you can see it; not otherwise. Ruskin.

In the denial of self is the beginning of all that is truly generous and noble. Carlyle.

In the destitution of the wild desert does our young Ishmael acquire for himself the highest of all possessions, that of self-help. Carlyle.

In the divine commandment, "Thou shalt not steal," if well understood, is comprised the whole Hebrew decalogue, with Solon's and Lycurgus's constitutions, Justinian's pandects, the Code Napoleon, and all codes, catechisms, divinities, moralities whatsoever that man has devised (and enforced with altar-fire and gallows-ropes) for his social guidance. Carlyle.

In the division of the inheritance, friendship 25 standeth still. Dut. Pr.

In the dullest existence there is a sheen of inspiration or of madness (thou partly hast it in thy choice which of the two) that gleams in from the circumambient eternity, and colours with its own hues our little islet of time. Carlyle.

In the dusk the plainest writing is illegible. Goethe.

In the end / Things will mend. Pr.

In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply. Goethe.

In the evening one may praise the day. Pr. 30

In the exact proportion in which men are bred capable of warm affection, common-sense, and self-command, and are educated to love, to think, and to endure, they become noble, live happily, die calmly, are remembered with perpetual honour by their race, and for the perpetual good of it. Ruskin.

In the eye of the Supreme, dispositions hold the place of actions. Blair.

In the face of every human being his history stands plainly written, his innermost nature steps forth to the light; yet they are the fewest who can read and understand. Bodenstedt.

In the fact that hero-worship exists, has existed, and will for ever exist universally among mankind, mayest thou discern the cornerstone of living rock, whereon all politics for the remotest time may stand secure. Carlyle.

In the family where the house-father rules 35 secure, there dwells the peace (Friede) which thou wilt in vain seek for elsewhere in the wide world outside. Goethe.

In the field none other can supply our place, each must stand alone,—on himself must rely. Schiller.

In the fine arts, as in many other things, we know well only what we have not learned. Chamfort.

In the fog of good and evil affections, it is hard for man to walk forward in a straight line. Emerson.

In the godlike only has man strength and freedom. Carlyle.

In the good as well as in the evil of life, less 40 depends upon what befalls us than upon the way in which we take it. Schopenhauer.

In the great duel (of opinion), Nature herself is umpire, and does no wrong. Carlyle.

In the great hand of God I stand. Macb., ii. 3.

In the grimmest rocky wildernesses of existence there are blessed well-springs, there is an everlasting guiding star. Carlyle.

In the hands of genius the driest stick becomes an Aaron's rod, and buds and blossoms out in poetry. H. N. Hudson.

In the husband, wisdom; in the wife, gentleness. 45 Pr.

In the interchange of thought use no coin but gold and silver. Joubert.

In the land of promise a man may die of hunger. Dut. Pr.

In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word as fail. Bulwer Lytton.

In the meanest hut there is a romance, if you knew the hearts there. Varnhagen von Ense.

In the midst of life we are in death. Burial Service.

In the midst of the sun is the light, in the midst of the light is the truth, and in the midst of the truth is the imperishable being. The Vedas.

In the mind, as in a field, though some things may be sown and carefully brought up, yet what springs naturally is the most pleasing. Tac.

In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the 5 heart. Ger. Pr.

In the modesty of fearful duty / I read as much as from the rattling tongue / Of saucy and audacious eloquence. Mid. Night's Dream, v. 1.

In the morning mountains; / In the evening fountains. Herbert's Coll.

In the morning of life, work; in the mid-day, give counsel; in the evening, pray. Gr. saying.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. Bible.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not 10 sin. Bible.

In the ordinary concerns of life, moral energy is more serviceable than brilliant parts; while in the more important, these latter are of little weight without it, evaporating only in brief and barren flashes. Prescott.

In the perishable petals of the flower there resides more spirit and life than in the lumpish granite boulder that has defied the tear and wear of thousands of years. Feuerbach.

In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall lie. Bible.

In the pursuit of intellectual pleasure lies every virtue; of sensual, every vice. Goldsmith.

In the religion of Christ, as in the philosophy 15 of Hegel, the negative principle is the creative, or determinative, principle. Christianity begins in No, subsists in No, and survives in No, to the spirit of the world; this it at first peremptorily spurns, and then calmly disregards as of no account. Ed.

In the same measure in which you wish to receive, you must give. If you wish for a whole heart, give a whole life. Rückert.

In the smallest cottage there is room enough for two lovers. Schiller.

In the spiritual world, as in the astronomical, it is the earth that turns and produces the phenomena of the heavens. Carlyle.

In the spiritual world there is properly no in and no out. Jean Paul.

In the state nobody can enjoy life in peace, 20 but everybody must govern; in art, nobody will enjoy what has been produced, but every one wants to reproduce on his own account. Goethe.

In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat thy bread. Bible.

In the true Utopia, man will rather harness himself with his oxen to his plough, than leave the devil to drive it. Ruskin.

In the unhappy man forget the foe. Addison.

In the utmost solitudes of Nature, the existence of hell seems to me as legibly declared by a thousand spiritual utterances as that of heaven. Ruskin.

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the 25 pathway thereof there is no death. Bible.

In the wilderness of life there are springs and palm-trees. S. Lover.

In the winter, warmth stands for all virtue. Thoreau.

In the works of many celebrated authors men are mere personifications. We have not a jealous man, but jealousy; not a traitor, but perfidy; not a patriot, but patriotism. The mind of Bunyan, on the contrary, was so imaginative that personifications, when he dealt with them, became men. Macaulay.

In the world's opinion marriage, as in a play, winds up everything; whereas it is, in fact, the beginning of everything. Mme. Swetchine.

In the world-strife now waging, the victory 30 cannot be by violence; and every conquest under the Prince of War retards the standards of the Prince of Peace. Ruskin.

In the wreck of noble lives / Something immortal still survives. Longfellow.

In theatro ludus—Like a scene at a play.

In these days, whether we like it or not, the power is with the tongue. Lord Salisbury.

In these sick days, when the born of heaven first descries himself in a world such as ours, richer than usual in two things, in truths grown obsolete, and trades grown obsolete—what can the fool think but that it is all a den of lies, wherein whoso will not speak lies and act lies must stand idle and despair? Carlyle.

In these times we fight for ideas, and newspapers 35 are our fortresses. Heine.

In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions. A. B. Alcott.

In things that may have a double sense, it is good to think the better was intended; so shall we still both keep our friends and quietness. Feltham.

In this blunder still you find, / All think their little set mankind. Hannah More.

In this theatre of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to look on. Pythagoras.

In this wild element of a life, man has to 40 struggle onwards; now fallen, deep-abased; and ever, with tears, repentance, with bleeding heart, he has to rise again, struggle again, still onwards. That his struggle be a faithful, unconquerable one—that is the question of questions. Carlyle.

In this world, full often our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. Ward Beecher.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. Ward Beecher.

In this world there is one godlike thing, the essence from first to last of all of godlike in it—the veneration done to human worth by the hearts of men. Carlyle.

In thy breast are the stars of thy fate. Schiller.

In thy thriving still misdoubt some evil: / Lest 45 gaining gain on thee, and make thee dim / To all things else. George Herbert.

In time comes he whom God sends. Herbert's Coll.

In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke. Much Ado, i. 1.

In time we hate that which we often fear. Ant. and Cleop., i. 3.

In times of anarchy one may seem a despot in order to be a saviour. Mirabeau.

In times of danger it is proper to be alarmed 5 until danger be near at hand; but when we perceive that danger is near, we should oppose it as if we were not afraid. Hitopadesa.

In times of misfortune men's understandings even are sullied. Hitopadesa.

In times of necessity the words of the wise are worthy to be observed. Hitopadesa.

In too much disputing truth is lost. Fr. Pr.

In totidem verbis—In so many words.

In toto—In the whole; entirely. 10

In toto et pars continetur—In the whole the part also is contained.

In transitu—In passing.

In treachery it is not the fraud, but the cold-heartedness, that is chiefly dreadful. Ruskin.

In trinitate robur—My strength lies in trinity (or triunity). M.

In true marriage lies / Nor equal, nor unequal: 15 each fulfils / Defect in each, and always thought in thought, / Purpose in purpose, will in will, they grow, / The single pure and perfect animal, / The two-cell'd heart beating, with one full stroke, / Life. Tennyson.

In turbas et discordias pessimo cuique plurima vis—In seasons of tumult and discord, the worst men have the greatest power. Tac.

In unoquoque virorum bonorum habitat Deus—God has his dwelling within every good man. Sen.

In usum Delphini—For the use of the Dauphin.

In utero—In the womb.

In utramvis dormire aurem—To sleep on both 20 ears, i.e., soundly, as no longer needing to keep awake. Pr.

In utraque fortuna paratus—Prepared in any change of fortune. M.

In utroque fidelis—Faithful in both. M.

In vacuo—In empty space.

In vain do they talk of happiness who never subdued an impulse in obedience to a principle. Horace Mann.

In vain does the mill clack / If the miller his 25 hearing lack. Herbert's Coll.

In veritate religionis confido—I confide in the truth of religion. M.

In veritate victoria—Victory lies with the truth. M.

In vino veritas—There is truth in wine; that is, the truth comes out under its influence.

In vitium ducit culpæ fuga—In flying from one vice we are sometimes led into another. Hor.

In water you may see your own face; in wine 30 the heart of another. Pr.

In well-regulated civil society there is scarcely a more melancholy suffering to be undergone than what is forced on us by the neighbourhood of an incipient player on the flute or violin. Goethe.

In wenig Stunden / Hat Gott das Rechte gefunden—God takes but a short time to find out the right. Goethe.

In wonder all philosophy began; in wonder it ends; and admiration fills up the interspace. Coleridge.

In wonder the spirits fly not as in fear, but only settle. Bacon.

In working well, if travail you sustain, / Into 35 the wind shall lightly pass the pain, / But of the deed the glory shall remain. Nicholas Grimwald.

In works of labour or of skill, / I would be busy too, / For Satan finds some mischief still / For idle hands to do. Watts.

In writing readily, it does not follow that you write well; but in writing well, you must be able to write readily. Quinct.

In your own country your name, in other countries your appearance. Heb. Pr.

In youth and beauty wisdom is but rare. Pope, after Homer.

In youth it is too early, in old age it is too late 40 to marry. Diogenes.

In youth, one has tears without grief; in age, grief without tears. Jean Paul.

Inactivity cannot be led to good. Hannah More.

Inanis verborum torrens—An unmeaning torrent of words. Quinct.

Incedis per ignes / Suppositos cineri doloso—You are treading on fire overlaid by treacherous ashes. Hor.

Incedit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim—He 45 falls into Scylla in struggling to escape Charybdis. Pr.

Incendit omnem feminæ zelus domum—The jealousy of a woman sets a whole house in a flame. Pr.

Incense is a tribute for gods only but a poison for mortals. Goethe.

Inceptis gravibus plerumque et magna professis, / Purpureus, late qui splendeat, unus et alter / Adsuitur pannus—Oftentimes to lofty beginnings and such as promise great things, one or two purple patches are stitched on in order to make a brilliant display. Hor.

Incerta hæc si tu postules / Ratione certa facere, nihilo plus agas, / Quam si des operam ut cum ratione insanias—If you require reason to make that certain which is uncertain, you are simply attempting to go mad by the rules of reason. Ter.

Incerta pro nullis habetur—What is uncertain 50 is to be treated as non-extant. L.

Incerti sunt exitus belli—The results of war are uncertain. Cic.

Incertum est quo te loco mors expectet; itaque in omni loco illam expecta—It is uncertain in what place death awaits you; be ready for it therefore in every place. Sen.

Incessant scribbling is death to thought. Carlyle.

Incessu patuit Dea—By her gait the goddess stood revealed. Virg.

Incidents ought not to govern policy; but 55 policy, incidents. Napoleon.

Inclusio unius est exclusio alterius—The mention by name of the one implies the exclusion of the other. L.

Incoctum generoso pectus honesto—A heart imbued with generous honour. Pers.

Inconsiderate persons do not think till they they speak; or they speak, and then think. Judge Hale.

Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable. Daniel Webster.

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilisers of men. Disraeli.

Incrédules les plus crédules—The incredulous 5 are the most credulous. Pascal.

Incudi reddere—To return to the anvil, i.e., to improve, or recast. Hor.

Inde datæ leges ne fortior omnia posset—Laws have been ordained to the end that the stronger may not have everything their own way. L.

Inde iræ et lacrimæ—Hence rage and tears. Juv.

Indecision and delay are the parents of failure. Canning.

Independence, in all kinds, is rebellion; if unjust 10 rebellion, why parade it and everywhere prescribe it. Carlyle.

Independence, in all kinds, is rebellion. Were your superiors worthy to govern, and you worthy to obey, reverence for them were even your only possible freedom. Carlyle.

Independence, like honour, is a rocky island without a beach. Napoleon.

Independence you had better cease to talk of, for you are dependent not only on every act of people whom you never heard of, who are living round you, but on every past act of what has been dust for a thousand years. Ruskin.

Index expurgatorius—An expurgatory index.

Indica tigris agit rabida cum tigride pacem / 15 Perpetuam: sævis inter se convenit ursis. / Ast homini ferrum letale incude nefanda / Produxisse parum est—The Indian tigers live in perpetual peace with each rabid tigress; savage bears agree among themselves, but man without remorse beats out the deadly sword on the accursed anvil. Juv.

Indictum sit—Be it unsaid.

Indigestion is the devil—nay, 'tis the devil and all. It besets a man in every one of his senses. Burns.

Indigna digna habenda sunt hæres quæ facit—Things unbecoming are to be held becoming if the master does them. Plaut.

Indignant good sense is often the perfection of absurdity. Thackeray.

Indignante invidia florebit justus—The just 20 man will prosper in spite of envy. M.

Indigne vivit per quem non vivit alter—He by whom another does not live does not deserve to live.

Indignor quidquam reprehendi, non quia crasse / Compositum, illepideve putetur, sed quia nuper—I feel indignant when a work is censured not as uncouth or rough, but as new.

Individuality is everywhere to be spared and respected, as the root of everything good. Jean Paul.

Individuality is of far more account than nationality. Schopenhauer.

Individually man is a weak being, but strong 25 in union with others. Herder.

Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone can create a nation. Disraeli.

Individuals must be modest, but modesty degrades nations. Gioberti.

Indocilis pauperiem pati—One that cannot learn to bear poverty. Hor.

Indocilis privata loqui—Incapable of betraying secrets. Lucan.

Indocti discant, et ament meminisse periti—Let 30 the ignorant learn, and the learned take pleasure in refreshing their remembrance. President Hénault, after Pope.

Indolence and stupidity are first cousins. Rivarol.

Indolence is the paralysis of the soul. Lavater.

Indolence is the sleep of the mind. Vauvenargues.

Industria floremus—By industry we flourish. M.

Industriæ nil impossibile—Nothing is impossible 35 to industry.

Industry is Fortune's right hand, and Frugality her left. Pr.

Industry is the parent of success.

Industry is the parent of virtue.

Industry need not wish. Ben. Franklin.

Indutus virtute ab alto—Anointed with virtue 40 from above.

Inest et formicæ sua bilis—Even the ant has its bile.

Inest sua gratia parvis—Even little things have a grace of their own.

Inest virtus et mens interrita lethi—He has a valiant heart and a soul undaunted by death. Ovid.

Infancy is the perpetual Messiah, which comes into the arms of fallen men, and pleads with them to return to Paradise. Emerson.

Infancy presents body and spirit in unity; the 45 body is all animated. Coleridge.

Infandum, regina, jubes renovare dolorem—Indescribable, O Queen, is the grief you bid me renew. Virg.

Infecta pace—Without effecting a peace. Ter.

Inferior poetry is an injury to the good, inasmuch as it takes away the freshness of rhymes, blunders upon and gives a wretched commonality to good thoughts, and, in general, adds to the weight of human weariness in a most woeful and culpable manner. Ruskin.

Infidelity is not always built upon doubt, for this is diffident; nor philosophy always upon wisdom, for this is meek; but pride is neither. Colton.

Infidelity, like death, admits of no degrees. 50 Mme. de Girardin.

Infinite is the help man can yield to man. Carlyle.

Infinite pity, yet also infinite rigour of law; it is so Nature is made. Carlyle.

Infinite toil would not enable you to sweep away a mist; but, by ascending a little, you may often overlook it altogether. Helps.

Inflatum plenumque Nerone propinquo—Puffed up and full of his relationship to Nero. Juv.

Inflict not on an enemy every injury in your 55 power, for he may afterwards become your friend. Saadi.

Influence is to be measured not by the extent of surface it covers, but by its kind. Channing.

Infra dignitatem—Beneath one's dignity.

Ingenii largitor venter—The belly is the bestower of genius.

Ingeniis patuit campus, certusque merenti / Stat favor: ornatur propriis industria donis—The field is open to talent and merit is sure of its reward. The gifts with which industry is crowned are her own. Claud.

Ingenio facies conciliante placet—When the 5 disposition wins us, the features please. Ovid.

Ingenio non ætate adipiscitur sapientia—Wisdom is a birth of Nature, not of years.

Ingenio stat sine morte decus—The honour accorded to genius is immortal. Propert.

Ingeniorum cos æmulatio—Rivalry is the whetstone of talent.

Ingenium ingens / Inculto latet hoc sub corpore—A great intellect lies concealed under that uncouth exterior. Hor.

Ingenium mala sæpe movent—Misfortunes often 10 stir up genius. Ovid.

Ingenium res adversæ nudare solent, celare secundæ—As a rule, adversity reveals genius, and prosperity conceals it. Hor.

Ingens telum necessitas—Necessity is a powerful weapon.

Ingentes animos angusto in corpore versant—They have mighty souls at work within a stinted body. Virg.

Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes / Emollit mores, nec sinit esse feros—A faithful study of the liberal arts refines the manners and corrects their harshness. Ovid.

Ingrata patria, ne ossa quidem habebis—Ungrateful 15 country, thou shalt not have even my bones. Scipio.

Ingratis servire nefas—To serve the ungrateful is an offence to the gods.

Ingratitude and compassion never cohabit in the same breast. South.

Ingratitude drieth up wells, / And time bridges fells. Wodroephe.

Ingratitude is a crime so shameful, that the man was never yet found who would acknowledge himself guilty of it. (?)

Ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend, / More 20 hideous, when thou show'st thee in a child, / Than the sea-monster. King Lear, i. 4.

Ingratus est qui remotis testibus agit gratiam—He is an ungrateful man who is unwilling to acknowledge his obligation before others. Sen.

Ingratus unus miseris omnibus nocet—One ungrateful man does an injury to all needy people. Pub. Syr.

Inimicus et invidus vicinorum oculus—An enemy and an envious man is an eye over his neighbour. Pr.

Iniqua nunquam regna perpetua manent—Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration. Sen.

Iniquum est aliquem rei sui esse judicem—It is 25 unjust that any one should be judge in his own cause. Coke.

Initia magistratuum nostrorum meliora ferme, et finis inclinat—The commencement of our official duties is characterised by greater vigour and alacrity, but towards the end they flag. Tac.

Initium est salutis, notitia peccati—The first step in a man's salvation is knowledge of his sin. Sen.

Injuria absque damno—Injury without loss.

Injuriæ spretæ exolescunt, si irascaris agnitæ videntur—Injuries that are slighted and unnoticed are soon forgotten; if you are angry, they are seen to be acknowledged. Pr.

Injuriam qui facturus est jam facit—He who is 30 bent on doing an injury has already done it. Sen.

Injuriarum remedium est oblivio—Oblivion is the best remedy for injuries. Pr.

Injuries come only from the heart. Sterne.

Injusta ab justis impetrare non decet; / Justa autem ab injustis petere, insipientia est—To ask what is unreasonable from the reasonable is not right; to ask what is reasonable from the unreasonable is folly. Plaut.

Inmost things are all melodious, naturally utter themselves in song. The meaning of song goes deep. Carlyle.

Innocence has a friend in heaven. Schiller. 35

Innocence is a flower which withers when touched, and blooms not again though watered with tears. Hooper.

Inopem me copia fecit—Plenty has made me poor; wealth makes wit waver. Ovid.

Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter—He confers a twofold benefit on a needy man who does so quickly. Pub. Syr.

Inops, potentem dum vult imitari, perit—An incapable man who attempts to imitate a capable is sure to come to grief. Phædr.

Inquinat egregios adjuncta superbia mores—The 40 best manners are stained by the addition of pride. Claud.

Inquisitiveness as seldom cures jealousy as drinking in a fever quenches the thirst. Wycherley.

Ins Innre der Natur / Dringt kein erschaffner Geist. / Glückselig, wem sie nur / Die äussre Schale weist—No created spirit penetrates into the inner secret of Nature. Happy he to whom she shows but the outer shell. Haller.

Insani sapiens nomen ferat, æquus iniqui, / Ultra quod satis est virtutem si petat ipsam—Let the wise man bear the name of fool, and the just of unjust, if he pursue Virtue herself beyond the proper bounds. Hor.

Insanire parat certa ratione modoque—He is preparing to act the madman with a certain degree of reason and method. Hor.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate 45 mind overtasked. Holmes.

Insanus omnis furere credit cæteros—Every madman believes that all others are mad. Syr.

Insculpsit—He engraved it.

Inservi Deo et lætare—Serve God and rejoice. M.

Insipientis est dicere, Non putarem—It is the part of a fool to say, "I should not have thought so."

Insita hominibus natura violentiæ resistere—It 50 is natural to man to resist oppression. Tac.

Insita mortalibus natura, propere sequi quæ piget inchoare—People are naturally ready enough to follow in matters in which they are disinclined to take the lead. Tac.

Insolence is pride when her mask is pulled off. Pr.

Insouciance—Indifference. Fr.

Insperata accidunt magis sæpe quam quæ speres—What you do not expect happens more frequently than what you do. Plaut.

Inspicere, tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium / Jubeo, atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi—I would have you to look into the lives of all, as into a mirror, and draw from others an example for yourself. Ter.

Inspiration must find answering inspiration. A. B. Alcott.

Inspirations that we deem our own are our 5 divine foreshadowing and foreseeing of things beyond our reason and control. Longfellow.

Inspiring bold John Barleycorn! / What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Burns.

Instar omnium—Like all the others.

Instead of the piteous and frightful figure of Death, stepping whip to hand by the peasant's side in the field, ... place there a radiant angel, sowing with full hands the blessed grain in the smoking furrow. George Sand.

Instead of watching the bird as it flies above our heads, we chase his shadow along the ground; and, finding we cannot grasp it, we conclude it to be nothing. Hare.

Instinct is a great matter; I was a coward on 10 instinct. 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4.

Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness. John Sterling.

Instruction does much, but encouragement everything. Goethe.

Intaminatis fulget honoribus—He shines with unspotted honours. M.

Integer vitæ scelerisque purus / Non eget Mauris jaculis neque arcu—The man of upright life and free from crime has no need of Moorish javelin or bow. Hor.

Integrity gains strength by use. Tillotson. 15

Integrity is the shortest and nearest way to our end, carrying us thither in a straight line, and will hold out and last longest. Tillotson.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Johnson.

Intellect annuls fate; so far as a man thinks, he is free. Emerson.

Intellect is aristocratic; charity is democratic. Amiel.

Intellect is not speaking and logicising; it 20 is seeing and ascertaining. Carlyle.

Intellect lies behind genius, which is intellect constructive. Emerson.

Intellectual fairness is often only another name for indolence and inconclusiveness of mind, just as love of truth is sometimes a fine phrase for temper. J. Morley.

Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity. Emerson.

Intelligabilia, non intellectum, fero—I provide you with things intelligible, but not with intelligence.

Intemperans adolescentia effetum corpus 25 tradet senectuti—An incontinent youth will transmit a worn-out bodily frame to old age. Cic.

Intemperate wits will spare neither friend nor foe, and make themselves the common enemies of mankind. L'Estrange.

Intense study of the Bible will keep any man from being vulgar in point of style. Coleridge.

Inter alia—Among other matters.

Inter amicos omnium rerum communitas—Among friends all things are common. Cic.

Inter arma leges silent—In the midst of arms 30 the laws are silent. Cic.

Inter canem et lupum—Between the dog and the wolf; at the twilight.

Inter cetera mala, hoc quoque habet stultitia proprium, semper incipit vivere—Among other evils, folly has also this special characteristic, it is always beginning to live. Sen.

Inter delicias semper aliquid sævi nos strangulat—In the midst of our enjoyments there is always some wrong to torture us. Pr.

Inter Græcos græcissimus, inter Latinos latinissimus—In Greek he is the most accomplished Grecian, and in Latin the most thorough Latinist.

Inter malleum et incudem—Between the hammer 35 and the anvil.

Inter nos—Between ourselves.

Inter nos sanctissima divitiarum / Majestas—Among us the most sacred majesty is that of riches. Juv.

Inter pueros senex—An old man among boys. Pr.

Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, / Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum: / Grata superveniet quæ non sperabitur hora—In the midst of hope and care, in the midst of fears and passions, believe each day that dawns on you is your last; welcome will steal upon you the hour that is not hoped for. Hor.

Inter sylvas Academi quærere verum—Amid 40 the woods of Academus to seek for truth. Hor.

Inter utrumque tene—Keep a mid course between the two extremes. Ovid.

Inter vivos—Among the living.

Interdum lacrymæ pondera vocis habent—Sometimes tears have the weight of words. Ovid.

Interdum stultus bene loquitur—Sometimes a fool speaks reasonably.

Interdum vulgus rectum videt, est ubi peccat—Sometimes 45 the common people judge aright; at other times they err. Hor.

Interea gustus elementa per omnia quærunt, / Nunquam animo pretiis obstantibus; interius si / Attendas, magis illa juvant, quæ pluris emuntur—Meantime they search for relishes through all the elements, with minds regardless of expense; look at it closely, those things please more which cost the higher price. Juv.

Interest blinds some people and enlightens others. La Roche.

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Rousseau.

Interest reipublicæ ut quisque re sua bene utatur—It is for the interest of the state that every one make a good use of his property.

Interest speaks all sorts of tongues, and plays 50 all sorts of parts, even the part of the disinterested. La Roche.

Interim fit aliquid—- Something is going on meanwhile. Ter.

Into a mouth shut flies fly not. Pr.

Into contradicting / Be thou never led away; / When with the ignorant they strive, / The wise to folly fall away. Goethe.

Into each life some rain must fall, / Some days must be dark and dreary. Longfellow.

Intolerabilius nihil est quam fœmina dives—There is nothing more insufferable than a rich woman. Juv.

Intra muros—Within the walls.

Introite, nam et hic dii sunt—Enter, for here too are gods. Heraclitus, from Arist.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole 5 at once. It seldom belongs to man to say without presumption, "I came, I saw, I conquered." Lavater.

Intus et in cute novi hominem—I know the man inside and out. Pers.

Intus et in jecore ægro / Nascuntur domini—Masters spring up in our own breasts, and from a morbid liver. Pers.

Intus si recte, ne labora—If inwardly right, don't worry.

Intuta quæ indecora—What is unbecoming is unsafe. Tac.

Inveni portum, Spes et Fortuna valete, / Sat 10 me lusistis, ludite nunc alios—I have reached the port; hope and fortune, farewell; you have made sport enough of me; make sport of others now. Lines at the end of Le Sage's "Gil Blas."

Invent first, and then embellish. Johnson.

Invention breeds invention. Emerson.

Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age. Swift.

Inventions have all been invented over and over fifty times. Man is the arch-machine, of which all these shifts drawn from himself are toy models. Emerson.

Invia virtuti nulla est via—No way is impassable 15 to virtue. Ovid.

Invidia gloriæ comes—Envy is the attendant on glory. Ovid.

"Invidia," jealousy of your neighbour's good, has been, since dust was first made flesh, the curse of man; and "charitas," the desire to do your neighbour grace, the one source of all human glory, power and material blessing. Ruskin.

Invidia Siculi non invenere tyranni / Tormentum majus—Sicilian tyrants invented nothing that is a greater torment than envy. Juv.

Invidiam ferre aut fortis aut felix potest—Only the brave or the fortunate are able to endure envy. Pub. Syr.

Invidiam placare paras, virtute relicta?—Are 20 you trying to appease envy by the abandonment of virtue?

Invidus alterius macrescit rebus opimis—The envious man grows lean at the prosperity of another. Hor.

Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator, / Nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit, / Si modo culturæ patientem commodet aurem—The envious, the passionate, the indolent, the drunken, the lewd—none is so savage that he cannot be tamed, if he only lend a patient ear to culture. Hor.

Invisa nunquam imperia retinentur diu—Hated governments never hold out long. Sen.

Invisa potentia, atque miseranda vita eorum, qui se metui quam amari malunt—The power is detested, and the life wretched, of those who would rather be feared than loved. Corn. Nep.

Invita Minerva—Without genius or the requisite 25 inspiration; against the will of Minerva.

Invitat culpam qui peccatum præterit—He who overlooks one crime invites the commission of another. Pub. Syr.

Invitum qui servat idem facit occidenti—He who saves a man against his will, does the same as if he killed him. Hor.

Invitum sequitur honos—Honour follows him unsolicited. M.

Inward cheerfulness is an implicit praise and thanksgiving to Providence under all its dispensations. Addison.

Ipsæ rursum concedite sylvæ—Once again, ye 30 woods, adieu! Virg.

Ipse dixit—He himself (viz. Pythagoras) said it. Assertion without proof.

Ipse docet quid agam: fas est et ab hoste doceri—He himself teaches me what to do; one ought not to be above taking a lesson even from an enemy. Ovid.