“It is the duty of a judge to consider not only the facts, but the circumstances of the case.”—Ovid. Trist. I. i. 37.

Pliny the Younger, Ep. B. 6, E. 2, has the observation: “Patientiam ... quæ pars magna justitiæ est;” “Patience, which is a great part of justice.”

Is not successful.

Makes him to feel less confident of the goodness of his cause.

Altercate, or bandy words with the judge.

“Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles!”—St. Matthew vii. 16.

Plundering.

“Friends of the court.”

“Parasites,” or “flatterers of the court.”

Which were compiled by the decemvirs.

“The safety of the people is the supreme law.”