“A daughter is an embarrassing and ticklish possession.—He whom the gods love, dies young.—Evil communications corrupt good manners (_quoted by St. Paul_).—Whoever blushes seems to be good.—Nobody sees his own faults, but every one is lynx-eyed to those of his neighbor.—Love blinds all men.—Silence has many advantages.—He is well cleansed that hath his conscience clean.—There is nothing more daring than ignorance.—Truth, when not sought after, sometimes comes to light.” POLYBIUS. “Nothing happens without a cause.—Royalty, aristocracy, and democracy, must combine to make a perfect government.—Many know how to conquer; few are able to use their conquest aright.” PLUTARCH. “Absolute monarchy is a fair field, but has no outlet.—What one does not need, is dear at a penny.—Often, while we are delighted with the work, we regard the workman with contempt.—Dead men do not bite.” MINOR WRITERS AND THEIR WORKS. OPPIAN (second century): didactic poems on fishing and hunting. ARRIAN (second century): masterpiece, “Expedition of Alexander the Great.” DION CASSIUS, a Roman senator (born 155 A.D.): “History of Rome” in 80 books, from the earliest ages to 229 A.D. ÆLIAN (second century): a zoölogy and a miscellaneous history. APPIAN of Alexandria (second century): a “Roman History” in 24 books. HERO’DIAN (180-238 A.D.): “History of the Roman Emperors.” DIOGENES LAERTIUS: his “Lives of the Philosophers” contains a valuable summary of the Epicurean tenets. GA’LEN (second century), one of the world’s greatest physicians: medical treatises. MUSÆUS (fifth century): the poem “Hero and Leander.” TRYPHIODO’RUS (fifth century): poems on the Battle of Marathon and the sack of Troy; a lipogrammatic Odyssey, from the first book of which, styled _Alpha_, the letter _a_ was excluded; from _Beta_, the second, _b_; and so the several letters in turn through its 24 books. This work is lost. QUINTUS SMYRNÆUS (500 A.D.): his poem, “Things Omitted by Homer,” a continuation of the Iliad. NONNUS (sixth century): “the Dionysiaca,” an Epic on Bacchus in 48 books. PROCO’PIUS (flourished 550), the Byzantine historian: “History of his Own Times.” PART III. ROMAN LITERATURE. CHAPTER I. _LATIN AND ITS OLDEST MONUMENTS._