Talking of weeping-- how odd it is that an affectionate wife should cry
when her husband is _transported_ for life.
Satis eloquentiæ, sapientiæ parum:
Eloquence enough, wisdom little enough.
This quotation applies very forcibly to domestic oratory as practised by
small boys at the instigation of their mamma, for the _amusement_ of
visitors. Those on whom "little bird with boothom wed," "deep _in_ the
windingths _of_ a whale," or "my name is Nawval," and the like
recitations are inflicted, have "satis eloquentiæ"-- enough of
eloquence, in all conscience; and we cannot but think that "sapientiæ
parum," "wisdom little enough" is displayed by all the other parties
concerned.
Some adverbs admit the cases of the nouns from which they are derived,
as
Juvenis benevolus sibi inutiliter vivit: