“Gubernatoris” est pendere sartoribus pecuniam:
It is the place of “the governor” to pay tailors.
Hence young men may learn how desirable it is to be “in statu pupillari.” True, in that state of felicity, they are somewhat under control, but the above example, and many others of a like nature, sufficiently prove, that such restriction, compared to the responsibilities of manhood, is but a minor inconvenience.
Verbs of commanding and telling govern a dative case, as
Alexander, vinosus, animis imperare non potuit:
Alexander, when drunk, could not command his temper.
Thus, in a state of beer, he committed manslaughter at least, by killing and slaying his friend Clitus. We could not resist the temptation to mention this fact, since, as we have so often laughed at its narration in those interesting compositions called themes, we thought there must needs be something very funny about it. Alexander the Great, be it remarked, for the special behoof of schoolboys, furnishes an example of any virtue or vice descanted on in any prose task or poem under the sun.
Antonio dixit Augustus Lepidum veteratorem fuisse.
Augustus told Antony that Lepidus was a humbug.
We don’t know exactly where this historical fact is mentioned. Lepidus is a funny name.