4452. Sæpe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet. (L.) Ov. A. A. 1, 574.-Often a silent countenance conveys words and meaning of its own.

4453. Sæva paupertas, et avitus apto Cum lare fundus. (L.) Hor. C. 1, 12, 43.-Stern poverty, and a piece of land bequeathed from sire to son, together with its humble dwelling, reared the great heroes of the Latin name, the Curii, Camilli, and the rest.

4454. Sal atticum. (L.) Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 87.—Attic salt (wit). 4455. Sal sapit omnia. (L.)-Salt seasons all things. Salters' Company motto.

4456. Saltare elegantius, quam necesse est probæ. (L.) Sall. C. 25.-She danced with greater skill than it was suitable for a modest woman to do. Or, as we should say, she danced more like an opera-girl than a lady. Said of Sempronia, mother of D. Jun. Brutus, Cæsar's assassin : an accomplished, but unprincipled woman.

4457. Salus per Christum redemptorem. (L.)-Salvation through Christ our Redeemer. Motto of the Earl of Moray.

4458. Salus populi suprema lex. (L.) Law Max. Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 8. The public welfare is the highest law, and therefore, Privatum incommodum publico bono pensatur, Personal inconvenience must give way to the accommodation of the public.

4459. Salus ubi multa consilia. (L.) Prov. Vulg. Prov. 24, 6. In a multitude of counsellors there is safety.

4460. Salva conscientia. (L.) Sen. Ep. 117, 1.-With a safe conscience. (2.) Salva fide. Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44.-Without breaking one's word. (3.) Salva dignitate.-Saving one's dignity. (4.) Salvis auspiciis. Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45. With safe auspices. (5.) Salvo jure nostræ veteris amicitiæ. Cic. Fam. 13, 77, 1.-Without damage to the claims of our old friendship. (6.) Salvo ordine. Stat. S. 5, 1, 181.-Saving our order. (7.) Salvo poeta sensu. Quint. 1, 9, 2.-Preserving the poet's meaning. (8.) Salvo pudore. Ov. Ep. 1, 2, 68.-With a proper regard to decency.

4461. Salve, magna parens! (L.)-Hail, mighty parent! or mother.

4462. Salvum (salvam) fac regem (reginam). (L.)-God save the

king (queen)!

4463. Sanctius his animal, mentisque capacius altæ
Deerat adhuc, et quod dominari in cætera posset.
Natus homo est.
(L.) Ov. M. 1, 76.

A creature of a more exalted kind

Was wanting yet, and then was man designed;
Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast

For empire formed, and fit to rule the rest.--Dryden.

4464. Sanctum sanctorum. (L.)-Holy of holies.

Cf. Vulg.

Heb. 9, 3. Often applied to a study, or other private

retreat.

4465. Sanctus haberi Justitiæque tenax, factis dictisque mereris } Agnosco procerem. (L.) Juv. 8, 24.

Dare to be just,

Firm to your word, and faithful to your trust:
These praises hear, at least deserve to hear,

I grant your claim, and recognise the peer.-Gifford.

4466. Sane Baro. (L.)—A baron indeed. Motto of the Lord Prior of St John of Jerusalem. E. P.

4467. Sang froid. (Fr.)—Cold blood. Indifference, coolness. 4468. Sans changer. (Fr.)-Without changing. Motto of the Earl of Derby, Viscount Eversley, and Lord Stanley of Alderley. (2.) Sans Dieu rien.-Nothing without God. Motto of Lord Petre.

4469. Sans les femmes les deux extrémités de la vie seroient sans secours, et le milieu sans plaisir. (Fr.)-Without woman the two extremities of life would be destitute of succour, and the middle devoid of pleasure.

4470. Sans phrase. (Fr.)-Without phrases. Without circumlocution or equivocation, simply.

The words have become notorious in connection with the famous La mort sans phrase, attributed to Siéyès on the occasion of the voting of the sentence on Louis XVI. It does not appear from the Moniteur of the day (Jan. 20, 1793) that Siéyès used any such expression. Being asked afterwards how he had voted, he answered, La Mort, sans phrase, meaning that the only words uttered by him on the occasion were these two, "La Mort!" See Fournier, L'Esprit dans l'histoire, in 1.

4471. Sans tasche. (Old Fr.)- Without stain. Motto of Viscount Gormanston and Lord Napier.

4472. Sapere aude. (L.) Hor. Dare to be wise. Motto of Earl of Macclesfield and Manchester School.

4473. Sapiens qui prospicit. (L.)—He is wise who looks ahead. Motto of Malvern College.

4474. Sapientem pascere barbam. grow a wise man's beard.

(L.) Hor. S. 2, 3, 35.-To To study philosophy.

4475. Sapientissimus in septem. (L.) Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 26.-The wisest of the seven (wise men), i.e., Thales.

4476. Sardonius risus. (L.)-A sardonic laugh. A grim ironical laugh.

4477. Sat cito si sat bene. (L.) Cato ap. Hier. Ep. 16, n. 9.Quick enough, if good enough.

4478. Satis diu hoc jam saxum volvo. (L.) Prov. Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.-I have now been rolling this stone sufficiently long. Figure borrowed from the story of Sisyphus. 4479. Satis diu vel naturæ vel gloriæ. (L.) Cic. Marcell. 8, 25. -I have lived long enough to satisfy the claims both of nature and of military glory. Reputed saying of C. Julius Cæsar.

4480. Satis superque est. (L.) and more than enough.

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 74.—Enough,
Generally applied to writers or

speakers who are prolix and diffuse.

4481. Satis superque me benignitas tua Ditavit. (L.) Hor. Epod. 1, 31. Your bounty has enriched me enough and more than enough. Written by the poet to his patron,

Mæcenas.

4482. Satis quod sufficit. (L.)-Enough is as good as a feast. 4483. Saucius ejurat pugnam gladiator, et idem

Immemor antiqui vulneris arma capit. (L.) Ov.?— The wounded gladiator forswears fighting, and yet forgetting his old wound he takes up arms again.

4484. Sauter du coq à l'âne ! (Fr.)-To jump from the cock to the ass. To change the conversation suddenly by turning to a different subject. To talk at cross purposes.

4485. Sauter le pas.

4486. Sauve qui peut. general rout.

(Fr.)-To die.

(Fr.)-Let him save himself who can. A

4487. Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois. (Fr.) Richelieu, Moraine.-Dissimulation is the art of kings.

4488. Savoir-faire. (Fr.)-Skill, management.

4489. Scandalum magnatum. (Law L.)—An offence against the nobility. An action lying for words spoken in derogation of a peer, judge, or great officer of state.

4490. Scherza coi fanti, e lascia star i santi. (It.) Prov. Jest with the servants and let the saints alone. sacred subjects.

Don't jest on

4491. Scientia et potentia humanæ in idem coincidunt.

(L.)

Bacon, Nov. Org. 2, 3.-Human knowledge and power amount to the same thing. We have condensed the aphorism into still shorter space, "Knowledge is Power." 4492. Scientia popinæ. (L.) Sen. -The knowledge of the cookshops. The art of cookery.

4493. Scilicet expectas, ut tradat mater honestos

Atque alios mores, quam quos habet? (L.) Juv. 6, 238. -Can you expect that a mother will teach good principles or any other than she practises herself?

4494. Scimus, et hanc veniam petimusque damusque vicissim.
(L.) Hor. A. P. 11.

I own it: 'tis a fair excuse to plead ;
By turns we claim it, and by turns concede.-Conington.

4495. Scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus.

In wild confusion sways the crowd,

(L.) Virg. A. 2, 39.

Each takes his side, and all are loud.-Conington.

4496. Scio cui credidi. (L.)-I know whom I have believed.

Lord Houghton.

2 Tim.

4497. Scio: tu coactus tua voluntate es.

(L.) Ter. Andr. 4, 1, 34.-I know it: you are forced by your own consent.

4498. Scire facias. (L.) Law Term.-You are to let know. Writ calling on a party to show cause why letters-patent should not be repealed.

4499. Scire potestates herbarum usumque medendi. (L.) Virg. A. 12, 396.-To know the virtues of herbs, and their healing properties.

4500. Scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter. (L.) Per. 1, 27.—Your knowledge is of no account unless you let others know that you know.

4501. Scire volunt secreta domus, atque inde timeri.

(L.) Juv. 3, 113.

They wish to know the secrets of each house,
That men may fear their power to disclose.-Ed.

4502. Scis etenim justum gemina suspendere lance
Ancipitis libræ,

(L.) Pers. 4, 10.

In scales of wavering balance you can weigh
True justice to a hair's-breadth either way.-Ed.

4503. Scisti' uti foro. (L.) Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 29.--You knew how to make your market. How to act for your advantage.

On Forum as a court of justice, cf. Egomet video rem vorti in meo foro. Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 10.-I see that the matter is pending in my own court (affects me nearly); Videor mihi in alieno foro litigare. Mart. 12, Præf.-I do not know which way to turn.

4504. Scit genius, natale comes qui temperet astrum Naturæ deus humanæ, mortalis in unumQuodque caput, vultu mutabilis, albus et ater.

(L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 187.

And none but he who watches them from birth,
The genius, guardian of each child of earth,
Born when we're born and dying when we die,

Now storm, now sunshine, knows the reason why.-Conington.

4505. Scopulis surdior Icari Voces audit. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 7, 21. Deafer than Icarian seas he hears.-Conington.

4506. Scribendi recte, sapere est et principium et fons.

(L.) Hor. A. P. 309.

Of writing well be sure the secret lies

In wisdom therefore study to be wise.-Conington.

4507. Scribentem juvat ipse favor, minuitque laborem, Cumque suo crescens pectore fervet opus.

(L.) Ov. Ep. 3, 9, 21.

Favour assists and cheers the author's art,
And, as it grows, his work comes from the heart.-Ed.

4508. Scribere scientes. (L.)-Skilled in writing.

Scriveners' Company.

4509. Scribimus, et scriptos absumimus igne libellos;

Motto of

Exitus est studii parva favilla mei. (L.) Ov. T. 5, 12, 61.
I write, and throw into the flame what's writ,
A little ash is all that comes of it.-Ed.

4510. Scriptorum chorus omnis amat nemus et fugit urbes,
Rite cliens Bacchi somno gaudentis et umbra.

(L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 77.

Bards fly from town and haunt the wood and glade :
Bacchus, their chief, likes sleeping in the shade. - Conington.

4511. Scriptura non tradit definitiones, ut nec etiam Natura. (L.) Spinoza, Tract. Theol. Polit.-Scripture, any more than Nature, does not lay down a set of definitions.