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emacem vectigal est Not to
Non esse cupidum pecunia est: non esse 30 emacem vectigal est —Not to be covetous is money: not to be extravagant is an estate.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

et veteris et novi Testamenti
"Relege," he says, "omnes et veteris et novi Testamenti libros, et tantam annorum reperies dissonantiam ut hujuscemodi hærere quæstionibus non tam studiosi quam otiosi hominis esse videatur ."
— from The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar

ei Venimus et nos tecum
Vado piscari, Dicunt ei: Venimus et nos tecum.
— from The Gospel of St. John by Joseph MacRory

EST VENIET ET NON TARDABIT
ADHUC MODICUM ALIQUANTULUM, QUI VENTURUS EST, VENIET, ET NON TARDABIT.
— from Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert by John Henry Newman

Etiam vulgo est notum turturem
'Etiam vulgo est notum turturem et amoris veri prærogativa nobilitari et castitatis titulis donari'; A. Neckam, i. 59.
— from Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) — Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer


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