'T were now to be most happy.
Shakespeare: Othello, act ii. sc. 1.
[703:2] Literally, "with a present mind,"—equivalent to Cæsar's præsentia animi (De Bello Gallico, v. 43, 4).
[703:3] According to Lucian, there was a story that Omphale used to beat Hercules with her slipper or sandal.
[703:4] Cicero quotes this passage in De Officiis, i. 30.
[704:1] This was a proverbial expression, signifying a hale and vigorous old age.
[704:2] See Heywood, page [11].
Some ambassadors from the Celtæ, being asked by Alexander what in the world they dreaded most, answered, that they feared lest the sky should fall upon them.—Arrianus: lib. i. 4.
[704:3] Extreme law, extreme injustice, is now become a stale proverb in discourse.—Cicero: De Officiis, i. 33.
Une extrême justice est souvent une injure (Extreme justice is often injustice).—Racine: Frères Ennemies, act iv. sc. 3.