said Antigonus, "is too little for a king to give.”—“Then give me a talent [6,000 drachms].”—"That is too much for a cynic [i. e., a dog] to receive.". Ibid.

He that teacheth the king of Macedon teacheth all his subjects.

Like princes, like people (qualis rex, talis grex).

ANTIGONUS II.

[Antigonus Gonatus, son of Demetrius Poliorcetes, and grandson of the preceding; king of Macedon, 277 B.C.; expelled by Pyrrhus, and again on his return by the son of Pyrrhus, but finally recovered his dominions; died 239.]

But how many ships do you reckon my presence to be worth?

To the pilot, before a naval battle with the lieutenants of Ptolemy, when told that the enemy's ships outnumbered his own. - PLUTARCH: Apothegms. He denied, on another occasion, that he had fled, when he retreated before the superior numbers of the enemy; but explained it by the euphemism, "I betook myself to an advantage that lay behind me."

APELLES.

[A celebrated Greek painter, born probably in Ionia; the contemporary and friend of Alexander the Great, who allowed only him to paint his portrait. The time and place of his death are unknown.]

Ne sutor supra [not ultra] crepidam.

In German, Schuster, bleib' bei deinem Leisten.

Apelles was in the habit of exhibiting his pictures to the passers-by, while he heard their comments without being seen. One day a shoemaker criticised the shoes in a certain picture, and found next day that they had been repainted. Proud of his success as a critic, he began to find fault with the thigh of the figure; when Apelles cried out from behind the canvas, "Shoemaker, stick to your last."- PLINY, H. N. 35. Told by Lucian of Phidias.

The success of Apelles was due to his constant practice, so that he allowed no day to pass without drawing at least a line, which Pliny formulated into a rule, "No day without its line (Nulla dies sine linea). — Ibid.

THOMAS GOLD APPLETON.

[An American wit and author, noted for his conversational powers, born in Boston, Mass., March 31, 1812; graduated from Harvard College, 1831.]

Good Americans, when they die, go to Paris.

Perpetuated by the "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," chap. vi., as the saying of one of the "Seven Wise Men of Boston," this is perhaps the most celebrated American mot. The saying of another of the "wise men," John Lothrop Motley the historian, was, "Give me the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries." Voltaire made a proverbial expression when he wrote in "Le Mondain,"

"Le superflu, chose très nécessaire."

When one of his friends asked Scopas the Thessalian for something that could be of little use to him, he answered, "It is in these useless and superfluous things that I am rich and happy."― PLUTARCH: Life of Cato.

In allusion to a peculiarity of the climate, Mr. Appleton said, "A Boston man is the east wind made flesh;" and with similar reference to a noted summer resort, "Nahant is cold roast Boston."

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS.

[Surnamed the " Angelic Doctor," a celebrated scholastic teacher; born in the kingdom of Naples, about 1225; joined the Dominicans, and became famous for learning and talents, but refused preferment; taught in Paris and Rome; died 1274.]

By reading one book.

When asked in what way a man might become learned. Entering the presence of Innocent II., before whom a large sum of money was spread out, the Pope observed, "You see, the

Church is no longer in that age in which she said, 'Silver and gold have I none.' "True, holy father," replied Aquinas; "neither can she any longer say to the lame, 'Rise up and walk.'" Vide Acts iii. 2–8.

ARCHIDAMUS III.

[King of Sparta; resisted successfully the attack of Epaminondas, 362 B.C.; ascended the throne, 361; having passed over to Sicily to aid the Tarantines, was killed in battle, 328.]

If you measure your shadow, you will find it no greater than before the victory.

To Philip of Macedon, who sent him a haughty letter after the battle of Charonea. PLUTARCH: Laconic Apothegms.

When asked how much land the Spartans possessed, he replied, "As much as their spears reach.". - Ibid.

Periander was a skilful physician, but wrote very bad poems, which caused the king to say to him, "Why, Periander, instead of a good physician, are you eager to be called a bad poet?”. Ibid.

The allies were consulting together in regard to the amount of treasure necessary to carry on the Peloponnesian War, and how they should raise it. Archidamus thought the discussion futile. “War,” he said, "cannot be put on a certain allowance;" or, as Plutarch also gives it in his "Apothegms of Kings and Great Commanders," "War has a very irregular appetite."

When he saw for the first time a dart shot out of an engine brought from Sicily, he exclaimed, thinking the fashion of war would be thereby changed, “Good God! true valor is gone forever!"— Laconic Apothegms.

ARCHIMEDES.

[The greatest geometer of antiquity; born in Syracuse, of Greek extraction, about 287 B.C.; enjoyed the favor of King Hiero, for whom he made many inventions in the art of war; killed at the capture of Syracuse, 212.]

Eureka! or Heureka, as it should be in analogy with ɛupnía, the Greek form.

Archimedes was consulted by the king in regard to a gold crown, suspected of being fraudulently alloyed with silver. While considering the best method of detecting any fraud, he plunged into a full bathing-tub; and with the thought that the water which overflowed must be equal in bulk to his body, he discovered the method of ascertaining the bulk of the crown compared with an equally heavy mass of pure gold. Excited by the discovery he ran through the streets, undressed, crying, "I have found it!"

Equally celebrated is his remark, "Give me where to stand, and I will move the world,” δὸς ποῦ στῶ καὶ τὸν κόσμον κινήσω (or "universe").

This saying may, however, be doubted, because the fulcrum must have been placed outside the kosmos, which is impossible.

His only remark to the Roman soldier who entered his room while he was engaged in geometrical study was, "Don't step upon my circle;" which has come down to us in the Latin form, Noli turbare circulos meos, or, as given by Valerius Maximus, Noli obsecro istum [circulum] disturbare. Brandis (Scholia in Aristotelem) quotes the Prolegomena of an unnamed author to the Neo-Platonic Porphyrius, who gives the remark of the philosopher, "My head, but not my circle." Refusing to follow the soldier to Marcellus, who had captured the city, he was killed on the spot.

COUNT D'ARGENSON.

[A French cabinet minister, born 1697; secretary for war, 1742–57; an able administrator, a patron of letters, the friend of Voltaire and the Encyclopædists; died 1764.]

I don't see the necessity of it (Je n'en vois pas la nécessité).

In reply to the Abbé des Fontaines, who was brought before him for publishing libels, and who apologized for them by saying," After all, monseigneur, I must live" (Après tout, il faut bien que je vive). — VOLTAIRE, Œuvres Complètes, XLVIII. 99. Attributed by Hénault (Mémoires, 4) to Count d'Argental, censor of books.

Mme. d'Argenson, being asked which of two brothers she preferred, replied, "When I am with one, I prefer the other" (Quand je suis avec l'un, j'aime mieux l'autre).

ARISTIDES.

[An Athenian general and statesman, called "the Just; " the rival of Themistocles, by whose intrigues he was ostracised 483 B.C.; recalled to oppose Xerxes, and commanded the Athenian force at Platæa, 479; died about 468.]

May the Athenians never see the day which shall force them to remember Aristides.

On leaving Athens after his banishment. The Persian Mardonius attempted to bribe the Athenians to desert the cause of the Greeks; but by the advice of Aristides, who had now returned, the offer was spurned, the latter saying, "As long as this sun shall shine, the Athenians will wage war against the Persians for their ravaged country and for their violated temples."

He once sat as judge between two persons, one of whom was charged by the other with having done many injuries to Aristides. “Tell me,” said "the Just," "what injury he has done to thee; for it is thy cause I am judging, not my own."

One of his maxims was, "Power gotten by the assistance of friends is an encouragement of the unjust." - PLUTARCH: Apothegms.

He was sent on an embassy with Themistocles, with whom he was at variance; but, concerned only for the cause they had undertaken, he asked his rival, "Are you content, Themistocles, to leave our enmity at the borders? Then, if you please, we will take it up again on our return."— Ibid.

ARISTOTLE.

[One of the most illustrious philosophers of antiquity; born at Stagira in Thrace, 384 B.C., and hence called the "Stagirite; " visited Athens at the age of seventeen, and became the pupil of Plato; was the instructor of Alexander the Great, and afterwards opened at Athens the school called the Lyceum, or the Peripatetic School; died at Chalcis, 322 B.C.]