"P.S.--I, being the oldest Maid, and therefore most concerned, do think it proper to be the messenger to your Excellency in behalf of my fellow subscribers." UNEDA. _Alison's "Europe."_--In a note to Sir A. Alison's _Europe_, vol. ix. p. 397., 12mo., enforcing the opinion that the prime movers in all revolutions are not men of high moral or intellectual qualities, he quotes, as from "Sallust _de Bello Cat._," "In _turbis atque seditionibus_ pessimo cuique plurima vis; pax et quies bonis artibus _aluntur_." No such words, however, are to be found in Sallust: but the correct expression is in Tacitus (_Hist._, iv. 1.): "Quippe in _turbas et discordias_ pessimo cuique plurima vis; pax et quies bonis artibus _indigent_." Sir A. Alison quotes, in the same note, as from Thucydides (l. iii. c. 39.), the following: "In the contests of the Greek commonwealth, those who were esteemed the most depraved, and had the least foresight, invariably prevailed; for being conscious of this weakness, and dreading to be overreached by those of greater penetration, they went to work hastily with the sword and poniard, and thereby got the better of their antagonists, who where occupied with more refined schemes." This paragraph is certainly not in the place mentioned; nor can I find it after a diligent search through Thucydides. Will Sir A. Alison, or any of his Oxford friends, be good enough to point out the author, and indicate where such a passage is really to be found? T. J. BUCKTON. Birmingham. _"Bis dat, qui cito dat"_ (Vol. vi., p. 376.).--_"Sat cito, si sat bene."_--The first of these proverbs reminded me of the second, which was a favourite maxim of Lord Chancellor Eldon. (See _The Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon_, vol. i. p. 48.) I notice it for the purpose of showing that Lord Eldon followed (perhaps unconsciously) the example of Augustus, and that the motto is as old as the time of the first Roman emperor, if it is not of more remote origin. The following is an extract from the Life of Augustus, Sueton., chap. XXV.: "Nil autem minus in imperfecto duce, quam festinationem temeritatemque, convenire arbitrabatur. Crebro itaque illa jactabat, [Greek: Speude bradeos]. Et: '[Greek: asphales gar est' ameinon e thrasus stratelates].' Et, 'Sat celeriter fieri, quicquid fiat satis bene.'" Perhaps T. H. can give us the origin of these Greek and Latin maxims, as he has of "Bis dat, qui cito dat" (Vol. i., p. 330). F. W. J. * * * * * Queries. HOUSE-MARKS.