Pogis; it should be, _Dum clarum rectum taneam_, which means, While
I hold to glory let me hold to right.
_Dum spiro spero._ While I breathe I hope. AUCHMUTY. MORRISON.
SWAN.
_Dum vivimus vivamus._ While we live let us live. PORCELLIAN
SOCIETY LIBRARY.
_E parvis oriuntur magna._ From small things great arise. BROTHERS
IN UNITY.
_E pluribus unum._ One from many. GUILFORD LIBRARY. MCKELDEN. U. S.
ARMY. UNIDENTIFIED PLATE.
_Emollit mores._ She civilizes. NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY.
_En dat Virginia quartam._ Behold Virginia furnishes her fourth.
VIRGINIA COUNCIL CHAMBER.
_En Dieu est tout._ In God is everything. CONNOLLY. WENTWORTH.
_En espérance je vie._ I live in hope. BROWN.
_Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem._ With the sword he
strives for calm quiet under the reign of liberty. MASS. LIBRARY OF
THE GENERAL COURT.
_Esse et videri._ To be and to seem to be. DUER.
_Esse potius quam habere._ To be rather than to have. MINTURN.
_Esse quam videri._ To be rather than to seem. ARCHDEACON. DUER.
FENDALL. TYNG. WHITE.
_Et mea messis erit._ And mine will be the harvest. DENNY.
_Et si ostendo non jacta._ Altho’ I show, tell it not abroad.
OGDEN.
_Ex candore decus._ Honor from sincerity. MARSHALL.
_Ex necessitate._ Through necessity. LOW.
_Excelsior._ Higher. VARICK.
_Exemplum adest ipse homo._ Man himself furnishes a pattern.
FRANKLIN.
_Exitus acta probat._ The end shows the deed. WASHINGTON.
_Exstant recte factus praemia._ Rewards await right actions.
COFFIN.
_Fais bien crains rein._ Do well, fear nothing. COLDEN. PINTARD.
_Faithful and brave._ UNIACKE.
_Fama praestante praestantior virtus._ Virtue more glorious than
glorious fame. MORGAN.
_Fama sed virtus non moriatur._ Fame, but not virtue, will die.
INGERSOLL.
_Fare fac._ Say and do. FAIRFAX.
_Fari aude._ Dare to speak. CHILD.
_Fan quae sentiat._ To speak what he may think. APTHORP. RANDOLPH.
TYLER.
_Fiat justitia._ Let justice be done. BROWNE.
_Fide et amicitia._ By fidelity and friendship. PORCELLIAN SOCIETY
LIBRARY.
_Fide, sed cui vide._ Trust, but in whom take care. LUDLOW.
_Fidelity._ PAULDING.
_Fidem servabo._ I will keep faith. EMERSON.
_Fidem servabo genusque._ I will be true to my faith and my race.
SMITH.
_Fidem servat vinculaque solvit._ He keeps faith, and breaks his
chains. CADENA.
_Fides scutum._ Faith a shield. BRUEN.
_Finis coronat opus._ The end crowns the work. SMITH.
_Firm._ STEARNS.
_Floriferis ut apes in saltibus omnia, libant omnia nos._ As bees
in the flowery meadows taste all, so we taste of all. WILLIAMS.
_Flourish in all weathers._ ERVING.
_Follow reason._ SPOONER.
_Fors et virtus._ Fortune and virtue. DE LOTBINIERE.
_Forti non deficit telum._ The brave lack not weapons. WATTS.
_Fortior quo rectior._ He is strongest who is nearest right.
SARGENT.
_Fortis et fidelis._ Brave and faithful. WATKINS.
_Fortis et fidus._ Brave and trusty. MIDDLETON.
_Fortis et veritas._ Brave and truthful. MARCH.
_Fortiter! Ascende!_ Courage! Climb! ERASMUS HALL LIBRARY.
_Fortiter et fideliter._ Boldly and faithfully. COX.
_Fortitudo et justitia._ Bravery and justice. JUDAH.
_Fortuna petit, honestas manet._ Fortune perishes, honesty endures.
BEETE.
_Foy en Dieu._ Faith in God. BARTRAM.
_Frangas non flectas._ You may break, not bend. BLANC.
_Freedom and Unity._ STEVENS.
_Furth--Fortune._ MURRAY.
_Gaudeo._ I rejoice. BROWN.
_Gaudia magna nuncio._ I bring tidings of great joy. SCOTT.
_Gloria._ Glory. CHAUNCEY.
_God grant grace._ GRACIE.
_Habeo pro jus fasque._ I hold by human and divine right. CUSHMAN.
_Haec etiam parentibus._ This also for those who obey. HOOPER.
_Hazard zit forward._ SETON.
_Hermes eloquio potens recludit_
_Fontes, ecce, suos: et ampliora_
_Vena Pierii fluunt liquores:_
_Atque arces reserat suas Minerva._
Behold, Hermes, powerful in eloquence, discloses his fountains: and
Pierian liquors flow forth from the ample spring. And again Minerva
takes her place on her citadel. BROTHERS IN UNITY.
_Hinc labor et virtus._ Hence labor and virtue. ALLISON.
_Hoc age._ Do this. IZARD.
_Honestum praetulit utili._ He has preferred honor to profit.
KISSAM.
_Honor virtutis praemium._ Honor the reward of virtue. BREARLY.
PROCTOR.
_Honore et amore._ With honor and love. HAMERSLEY.
_Honore et fide._ With honor and trust. SEARS.
_Hora é sempre._ Now and always. JARVIS.
_I pensieri stretti ed il viso sciolto._ The thoughts secret and
the face open. LUDWELL.
_Ignotis errare locis ignota videre,_
_Flumina gaudebat: studio minuente laborem._
He loved to wander in unknown places, to see unknown rivers:
pleasure making the labor light. EUSTACE.
_Ille ego qui ad sanandos vivos seco mortuos._ I am he who cuts up
the dead to heal the living. MALVIANS.
_Immortalitas._ Immortality. LINONIAN SOCIETY LIBRARY.
_Impavide._ Fearlessly. POWER.
_Improve your hours for they never return._ GUILFORD LIBRARY.
_In cruce salus._ In the cross is salvation. LAWRENCE.
_In Deo fides._ My trust is in God. GRAY.
_In Domino confido._ I trust in the Lord. ASSHETON.
_In fide et in bello fortis._ Strong in faith and war. CARROLL.
_In futura spector._ I regard the future. PIERCE.
_In God we hope._ WHITRIDGE.
_In God we trust._ SCOTT.
_In hoc signo vinces._ Under this sign thou shalt conquer. EUSTACE.
_In lumine tuo videbimus lumen._ In thy light shall we see light.
COLUMBIA COLLEGE LIBRARY.
_In medio tutissimus ibis._ Thou wilt go safest in the middle.
CARY. SUMNER.
_In prudentia et simplicitate._ With caution and candor. VAUGHAN.
_In silentio et spe._ In silence and hope. VAN BERKEL.
_In tenebris lucidior._ The brighter in darkness. INGLIS.
In reference to the _crest_,--A star surrounded by clouds.
_Incorrupta fides nudaque veritas._ Uncorrupted faith and naked
truth. STEPHENS.
_Indefessus vigilando._ I will watch unweariedly. READ.
_Independence._ JACKSON.
_Indure but hope._ BARRELL.
_Initium sapientiae est timor Domini._ (Prov. i. 7. Ps. cxi. 10.)
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. MARTIN.
_Innocenter, patienter, constanter._ Blamelessly, patiently,
constantly. STILLE.
_Integra mens augustissima possessio._ An honest mind is the most
glorious possession. MEREDITH.
_Inter feros per crucem ad coronam._ Among wild beasts by the cross
to the crown. STOWE.
_Inter folia fructus._ Among the flowers the fruit. HUMPHREY.
_J’avance._ I advance. BARTRAM.
_J’espère en Dieu._ I hope in God. RAY.
_Je me fie en Dieu._ I trust in God. DE BLOIS.
_Je recois pour donner._ I receive to distribute. INNES.
_Jovae praestat fidere quam homine._ It is better to trust in God
than man. STUYVESANT.
_Judicemur agendo._ Let us be judged by our deeds. HICKS.
_Juncta virtute fides._ Fidelity joined to bravery. MURRAY.
_Jura sunt mea: vindicabo._ These are my rights: I will defend
them. TAYLOR.
_Juste rem para._ Prepare the thing justly. APTHORP.
_Justice, Truth._ STONE.
_Labor omnia vincit._ Labor conquers all things. LONGBOTTOM.
_Labor to rest._ KEMPE.
_Labore._ By labor. YOUNG.
_L’amour et l’amitié._ Love and friendship. OLIVER.
_Law and Right._ ALLEN.
_Lectorem delectando partique monendo._ To please the reader and
partly to admonish. COX.
_Lege et intellige._ By law and reason. SIMPSON.
_Lege et ratione._ By law and reason. CROOKSHANK.
_Legibus vivo._ I live by the law. LISLE.
_Lex libertas salusque gentis._ Law, liberty and the safety of the
race. GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.
_Libertas._ Liberty. PRIDE.
_Libertas et natale solum._ Liberty and my native soil. SITGREAVES.
_Libertas et patria mea._ Liberty and my country. GILES.
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_Libertatem, amicitiam retenebis et fidem._ You will keep liberty,
friendship and good faith. ADAMS.
_Literatura mentem excandit._ Literature brightens the mind. WELCH.
_Live to truth._ MASTERTON.
_Loyal au mort._ Loyal to death. BELCHER. KING.
_Loyal jusqu’à la Mort._ Loyal even unto death. BELCHER.
_Loyez ferme._ Be steadfast. CLARKE.
_Luceo non uro._ I shine but do not burn. MCKENZIE.
_Lucidior in tenebris._ The brighter in darkness. INGLIS.
_L’un pour l’autre._ For each other. SAMUELS.
_Magnanimus esto._ Be great-souled. INGRAHAM.
_Malo mori quam foedari._ I would rather die than be disgraced.
BETTS. MURRAY.
_Manet amicitia florebit que semper._ Friendship endures and is in
perpetual bloom. FRANCIS. PIERPONT.
_Maximae divitiae sunt prae doctrina et scientia contemnendae: sed
virtus omnibus praestat._ The greatest riches are to be despised
compared with learning and wisdom: but virtue excels all. VINTON.
_May concord prevail and the undertaking prosper._ ALBANY SOCIETY
LIBRARY.
_Mediocria firma._ The middle course is safe. LARDNER.
_Meliora non opto._ I desire no better things. JACKSON.
_Meliora spero._ I hope for better things. PANTON.
_Mens sibi conscia recti._ A mind conscious of its rectitude.
MURRAY.
_Mens in arduis aequa._ A mind calm in the midst of difficulties.
ABERCROMBIE.
_Mille malis salutis habeo, species mille._ In a thousand evils I
have a thousand chances of safety. FOSTER.
_Miseris succerrere disco._ I learn to succor the unfortunate.
LIVERMORE. RUSH.
_Modestia victorex._ Modesty supreme. SULLIVAN.
_Moveo et proficio._ I advance and progress. KNOX.
_Multum legendum._ Much to be read. WHITE.
_My hope on high._ BEDLOW.
_My might makes right._ MACKEY.
_Natura duces._ Nature shall lead. MASS. MEDICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY.
_Naturae convenienter vivere._ To live conformably to Nature.
LUDLOW.
_Ne cede malis._ Yield not to misfortune. CHASE.
_Ne crede colori._ Trust not to color. SMITH.
_Ne oublie._ Do not forget. GRAHAM.
_Ne parcas nec spernas._ Neither spare nor scorn. YATES.
_Ne quid nimis._ Not too much of anything. TAZEWELL.
_Nec aspera terrent._ Difficulties do not daunt. SMITH.
_Nec degener._ I do not degenerate. SILVESTER.
_Nec elatus nec dejectus._ Neither overjoyed nor overworried.
THOMAS.
_Nec gladio nec arcu._ Not by sword or bow. DUDLEY.
_Nec quaerere honorem nec sperne._ Neither to seek nor to despise
honor. SARGENT.
_Nec sorte nec fato._ Neither by chance nor fate. RUTHERORD.
_Nec spe nec metu._ Neither by hope or dread. READ.
_Nec te quaesiveris extra._ Seek not beyond yourself. HARISON.
_Nec timeo nec sperno._ I neither fear nor despise. GREENE.
_Nemo nisi Christus._ Nothing unless Christ. APTHORP.
_Never check._ HAWKS.
_Never despair._ PINTARD.
_Nihil me tangere._ Nothing smirches me. STEARNS.
_Nil conscire sibi._ To have a conscience free from guilt.
PRESCOTT.
_Nil desperandum._ Never despair. SHEPHEARD. SHEPPARD. STEWART.
_Nil facimus non sponte Dei._ We do nothing but by the will of God.
ATKINSON.
_Nil sine Deo._ Nothing without God. WALDO.
_Nil sine magno vita labore dedit mortalibus._ Life gives nothing
to mortals without great labor. EVARTS.
_Nil utile quod non honestum._ Nothing useful that is not honest.
SMITH.
_Nobilis ira._ Noble in anger. STEWART.
_Nocturna versate manu, versate diurna._ (Hor.) Ponder night and
day. ROBBINS.
_Non est vivere sed valere vita._ Not living, but health, is life.
MOORE.
_Non flectere a vero._ Not to be moved from the truth. LIVIUS.
_Non incautus futuri._ Not heedless of the future. LEE.
_Non nobis solum._ Not for ourselves alone. DRAYTON. ELIOT.
_Non oblitus._ Not forgotten. MCTAVISH.
_Non reverter invitus._ Reluctantly I do not return. JENKINS.
_Non sibi sed aliis._ Not for himself, but for others. OLMSTED.
_Non sibi sed patriae._ Not for himself, but for his country. HILL.
_Non vi sed voluntate._ Not by force, but good will. BOUCHER.
_Nosce te ipsum._ Know thyself. EDWARDS. NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY.
_Not always so._ BARRELL.
_Nulla pallescere culpa._ To turn pale from no crime. BYRD.
_Nulli praeda._ A prey to no one. DEANE.
_Nullus in verba._ (Hor. _Ep._ Lib. I. i. 14.) At the dictation of
no man. MAXEY.
_Nunc mihi nunc alii._ Now for myself, now for another. WORMELEY.
_Nunquam non paratus._ Never unprepared. JOHNSTON.
_Occasionem cognoscere._ To perceive the opportunity. LOWELL.
_Omnes fremant licet dicam quod sentio._ Though all rage, I shall
say what I think. SMITH.
_Omni fortunae paratus._ Ready for any fortune. FORBES.
_Omnia Deo pendent._ All things depend on God. STOCKTON.
_Omnia relinquit servare rempublicam._ He leaves all to serve the
state. TUBERVILLE.
_Par espérance et activité nous surmontons._ By hope and work we
overcome. GORHAM.
_Par pari._ Equal to my equal. WALL.
_Patior ut potior._ I endure as I can. SPOTSWOOD.
_Patria cara carior libertas._ Dear is country, dearer is liberty.
BROWN. CLINTON. MARCHANT.
_Patria veritas fides._ Country, truth, faith. EVERETT.
_Pauper non in spe._ Not poor in hope. POOR.
_Pax et amor._ Peace and love. BACKHOUSE.
_Pax et copia._ Peace and plenty. JONES.
_Pax hospitia ruris._ Grateful peace of the country. JONES.
_Pax in bello._ Peace in war. PRIOLEAU.
_Pax quaeritur bello._ Peace is secured by war. OLIVER.
_Pectore puro._ With a pure heart. ROYALL.
_Pelle timorem._ Drive off fear. WHATLEY.
_Peperi._ I have brought forth. PEPPERRELL.
_Per aspera ad astra._ Through trials to glory. JOHNSON.
_Per varios casus._ By various fortunes. MERCER.
_Perge coepisti._ Go on as you have begun. TEN BROECK.
_Perit ut vivat._ He dies that he may live. FENWICK. MAGILL.
_Persevere._ GALLATIN.
_Pia mente studeatur._ Study with reverent mind. PHILLIPS ACADEMY.
_Piety is peace._ HOPKINS.
_Post tenebras speramus lumen de lumine._ After the darkness we
hope for the light of the day. COFFIN.
_Postero ne credo._ Trust not the future. CUTTING.
_Praestat opes sapientia._ Wisdom excels wealth. LIVINGSTON.
_Pro aris et focis._ For our altars and our firesides. BLOOMFIELD.
_Pro Deo et nobilissima patria Batavorum._ For God and my most
noble country, Batavia. VAN NESS.
_Pro lege et rege._ For the law and the king. CHILD. HICKS.
WHITEBREAD.
_Pro libertate._ For liberty. PROVOOST.
_Pro patria._ For my country. WALLACE.
_Pro patria mori._ For country, die. GARDINER.
_Pro patria semper._ Always for my country. FITZHUGH.
_Pro rege et patria._ For the king and fatherland. CHAMPION.
_Probitas laudatur et laget._ Honesty is praised and is left to
starve. ANTILL.
_Probitate et industria._ By honesty and industry. BRIDGEN.
_Procurator industria._ Industry the chief. FRAUNCES.
_Progredi non regredi._ To advance, not to recede. RUTLEDGE.
_Propere et provide._ Quickly and carefully. ROBINSON.
_Proprium decus et petrum._ POWEL.
_Prospicere quam ulcisci._ Overlook rather than avenge. MAINGAULT.
_Providentia sumus._ We are providence. BLATCHFORD.
_Prudenter et simpliciter._ Discreetly and simply. VAUGHAN.
_Pugna pro patria libertas._ I fight for the liberty of my country.
MARTIN.
_Qui contentus felix._ Happy he who is content. SMITH.
_Quicscit in perfecto._ He rests in labor completed. LINONIAN
SOCIETY LIBRARY.
_Quo cunque ferar._ Whithersoever I may be carried. ST. CLAIR.
_Quo fata vocant._ Where the fates call. BAY. ERVING. VOSE.
_Quo vocat virtus._ Where virtue calls. JAUNCEY.
_Quod fieri non vis alteri ne fueris._ Do not that which you would
not wish another to do. COCK.
_Recte et suaviter._ Justly and mildly. KING.
_Recte faciendo securus._ Safe in acting justly. INGLIS.
_Refero._ I bring back. WALL.
_Respice finum._ Regard the end. MCMURTRIE.
_Reviresco._ I become young again. MAXWELL.
_Robori prudentia praestat._ Discretion is more than strength.
YOUNG.
_Rosae inter spinas nascunter._ Roses are found among the thorns.
THORNDIKE.
_Sacra quercus._ Holy oak. HOLYOKE.
_Saepe pro rege, semper pro republica._ Often for the king, always
for the commonwealth. VASSALL.
_Sans changer._ Without changing. MUSGRAVE.
_Sans Dieu je ne puis._ Without God I cannot do it. SKIPWITH.
_Sapienter si sincere._ Wisely if sincerely. DAVIDSON.
_Secundis dubiisque rectus._ Upright both in prosperity and perils.
WYTHE.
_Seges votis respondet._ The crop responds to the prayers. HASTY
PUDDING CLUB LIBRARY.
_Semper caveto._ Be always on guard. BALL.
_Semper fidelis._ Always faithful. SCHUYLER.
_Semper idem._ Always the same. CLARK.
_Semper paratus._ Always prepared. DUNNING. EVERDELL. MCCOUN.
HOPKINSON.
_Serva jugum._ Keep the yoke. HAY.
_Simplius sicut columbae._ More harmless than a dove. THE BISHOP OF
JAMAICA.
_Sine Deo careo._ Without God I want. CARY.
_Sine virtute vani sunt honores._ Without virtue, honors are vain.
BOZMAN.
_Sol sapientiae nunquam occidet._ The sun of wisdom never shall
set. SOCIAL FRIENDS’ LIBRARY.
_Sola bona quae honesta._ Those things only are good which are
honest. HUNTER.
_Sola salus servire Deo._ The only safe course is to serve God.
BURKE. JARVIS. MORONG.
_Soli Deo gloria et honor._ Glory and honor be to God alone.
BOUDINOT.
_Solus minus solus._ Alone yet not alone. MUHLENBERG.
_Sperne successus alit._ Success nourishes, but to scorn. GURNEY.
_Spero meliora._ I hope for better things. LIVINGSTON. LUDLOW.
PANTON.
_Spes mea in Deo._ My trust is in God. CABELL.
_Spes meliora._ The hope of better things. PANTON.
_Spes vincit terrorem._ Hope conquers all fears. WINTHROP.
_Stand sure._ GRANT.
_Strive for glory._ VAVASOUR.
_Study to know thyself._ GREENE.
_Stultum est in foro sigtare._ It is foolish to shoot arrows in the
forum. UNIDENTIFIED PLATE.
_Sublimiora petamus._ Let us seek loftier things. BANCKER.
_Sublimis per ardua tendo._ To the heights through hardships I
tend. CHAUNCEY.
_Sursum corda._ Hearts upward. BANCROFT.
_Sustinere._ Bear. BROOKS.
_Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go, for she is thy
life._ (Prov. iv. 13.) PHILADELPHIA APPRENTICES’ LIBRARY.
_Tandem vincitur._ At length he is conquered. MORRIS.
_Tantes da dir._ RUTGERS.
_Tentanda via est._ The way must be tried. WETMORE.
_Terra aut mari._ By land or sea. PARKE.
_The North against the World._ EDWARDS.
_This I’ll defend._ MCFARLAN.
_Toujours le même._ Always the same. GILES.
_Toujours fidèle._ Always faithful. HORRY.
_Toujours prest._ Always ready. CARMICHAEL.
_Tout en bonne heure._ All in good time. HICKS.
_To Virtue & Science attend,_
_And Truth & Justice defend._ NEWBERRY.
_Transiens adjuvanos._ Crossing the sea to help. SOCIETY FOR
PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS.
_Trust in God._ JONES.
_Try._ BRAZER.
_Tutus si fortis._ Safe if brave. SMITH.
_Ubi libertas ibi patria._ Where liberty prevails there is my
country. DINWIDDIE. WEIBERG.
_Ubi plura nitent paucis non offendar maculis._ Where the most is
bright, let me not be offended by a few spots. WALKER.
_Ubi plura offendar maculis nitent non ego paucis._ Where the most
is bright, I shall not be offended by a few spots. DANFORTH.
_Un loy, un roy, un foy._ One law, one king, one faith. HERBERT.
_Ut aquila versus coelum._ Like the eagle to heaven. BOWDOIN.
_Ut quiescas labora._ Labor that you may rest. GALLAUDET.
_Utere mundo._ Use the world. BLACKLEY.
_Utraque unum._ With either one. GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.
_Vera pro gratis._ True rather than pleasing. WEBSTER.
_Veritas._ Truth. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY.
_Veritas vincit omnia._ Truth conquers all things. WATERHOUSE.
_Vérité sans peur._ Truth without fear. PETIGRU.
_Verum atque decens._ The truth and rectitude. WELD.
_Verum dicet._ He speaks the truth. STANFORD.
_Verus in actione consistit._ Truth consists in action. CRAVEN.
_Vestigia nulla retrorsum._ (Hor. _Ep._ i. I. 73.) No steps
backward. KIP.
_Vestra cura alitur._ Nourished by our care. SOCIAL LAW LIBRARY.
_Vi et virtute._ By strength and courage. SPAIGHT.
_Via ad cordem._ The way to the heart. WISNER.
_Victoria aut mors._ Victory or death. KIP.
_Videte et cavete ab avaritia._ Recognize and beware of avarice.
POWNALL.
_Vigila._ Watch. ANDERSON.
_Vigilemus ut vigilantis._ Let us watch as those who are vigilant.
U. S. NAVY.
_Vincit amor patriae._ The love of country surpasses all things.
PENNINGTON.
“Vincet amor patriae laudumque immensa cupido.”--Virg. _Æn._ vi.
823.
_Vincit omnia veritas._ Truth conquers all things. HYSLOP.
_Vincit veritas._ Truth conquers. CHAMBERS.
_Virescit vulnere virtus._ Her virtue flourishes by her wound.
BURNET.
This is also the motto of the family of Galloway, whose crest is a
pelican in her piety.
_Virtue, Liberty, and Independence._ PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL
SOCIETY.
_Virtus basis vitae._ Virtue is the foundation of life. BULL.
_Virtus durissima terit._ Virtue bears the greatest hardships.
MCLEAN.
_Virtus est natale meum._ Virtue is my birthright. TILLOTSON.
_Virtus est vera vetustas._ Virtue is true old age. VAN RENSSELAER.
_Virtus et scientia ad utilitatem dirigunt._ Virtue and knowledge
direct to usefulness. MORAL LIBRARY.
_Virtus interrita pergit._ Virtue fearlessly advances. MOORE.
_Virtus, libertas et patria._ Virtue, liberty, and country.
WETMORE.
_Virtus sibi munus._ Virtue its own reward. VAN CORTLANDT.
_Virtus sola nobilitate._ Virtue by nobility only. MAYO.
_Virtute et fide._ By valor and faith. ROOME.
_Virtute fideque._ By valor and faith. MURRAY.
_Virtute invidiam vincas._ Conquer envy by virtue. CLEBORNE.
_Virtute patria tuemini._ By virtue you guard your country.
PEPPERELL.
_Virtutem hilaritate colere._ Cultivate virtue by mirth. WYNKOOP.
_Virtutis gloria merces._ Glory is the reward of valor. ROBERTSON.
_Vitanda est improba Siren defidia._ The impious Siren,
faithlessness, must be shunned. WALKER.
_Vive ut vivas._ Live that you may live. ABERCROMBIE.
_Waste not a moment._ WETHERSFIELD LIBRARY.
_What is, is best._ LAURENS.
_Wisely for pleasure and for profit read: thus hold high converse
with the mighty dead._ WOODBRIDGE.
_Y cadam ae cypwyn._ The mighty and cunning. WILLIAMS.
_Zyt bestindig._ Be constant. DYCKMAN.
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noteworthy. And now we part with the old styles of plates. The early
armorial, with the profuse denticulated mantling, is never used, the
pure Jacobean is not seen, the graceful Chippendale has been discarded,
and the Ribbon and Wreath, with its fanciful festoons and garlands of
roses, is also a thing of the past.
This is of course natural, as the armorial plates, which are the only
ones demanding any of these styles of decoration, are very little used
now. But we have still the Library Interior, the Literary, the
Pictorial, and the Allegorical; but these have changed their appearance
so much
[Illustration: George H. Ellwanger]
as to be hardly recognizable as the lineal descendants of those of the
same type which went before. Indeed, the recent plates have little in
common with the old,--new motives, new designs, new methods, and new
conceptions of what a book-plate can be have come in, and the change
produced is very marked.
Heraldic plates are still in use, and still being made, but the number
of plain armorials is quite small. Usually, now, those who wish to show
the family arms on the book-plate do not display it all by itself, but
accompanied by literary accessories, or pictorial, or with decorative
features to relieve what would to-day appear a bare and unfinished
plate, but which in the older days would have been the pink of
perfection.