CAELUM

The notes here are taken from the actual Scala, so be warned that references to the "previous" proverb refer to its order in the Scala, not its order here. You can read more about the word at the Verbosum blog: CAELUM.

Nil novi sub caelo.

Animum debes mutare, non caelum. ~ Note: In other words, if you try to run away from your problems (changing your sky overhead), you won't accomplish anything: this proverb urges you to change your attitude instead. The saying is inspired by a line from a line in one of Horace's epistles, 1.11: caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt.

Caelum terrae, terram caelo misces.

Utere praesenti, caelo committe futura.

Ridenti domino nec caelo crede sereno. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 1146: Ridenti domino nec caelo crede sereno; / ex facili causa dominus mutatur et aura.

Ridenti domino et caelo ne crede sereno.

Quid si caelum ruat? ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 1.5.64.

Adhuc caelum volvitur! ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 4.4.8.

O adolescentes, ad caelum mittite mentes! ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 788.

Cetera animalia terram spectant, homo solus caelum intuetur.

In caelo quies. ~ Note: This is a motto of the Bewicke family.

Regnet iustitia et ruat caelum. ~ Note: This is a variation on the previous saying, this time with the subjunctive regnet: Let justice reign. This version is attributed to the seventeenth-century Duke of Richmond.

Novos caelos et novam terram expectamus, in quibus iustitia habitat. ~ Note: The words are from the Biblical letter called 2 Peter, 3.

Fiat iustitia et ruat caelum. ~ Note: For a history of the use of this saying, see this Wikipedia article. Compare the similar saying that you saw earlier: Fiat iustitia et pereat mundus.

Caelum duos soles non admittit.

Suspice caelum et numera stellas, si potes.

Suspice caelum, et numera stellas, si potes.

Mane rubens caelum venturos indicat imbres.

Ubique medium caelum est. ~ Note: The saying comes from Petronius in his Satyricon; he used the alternate form, caelus: ubique medius caelus est.

Dives difficile intrabit in regnum caelorum.

Caelo tonantem credidimus Iovem regnare.

Tertius e caelo cecidit Cato. ~ Note: This saying is included by Polydorus in his Adagia, A238. Compare the saying in the Adagia of Erasmus, 1.8.89: Tertius Cato.

Vir fidelis coronatur in caelis.

Eripuit caelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis.

Eripuit caelo fulmen, sceptrumque tyrannis.

De limo in caelum.

Da ubi consistam, et terram caelumque movebo.

Sagitta in caelum excussa in ferientem recidet.

Ecce, merces vestra multa in caelo.

Merces vestra copiosa est in caelis.

Caelo ne fide sereno.

In se spuit, qui in caelum spuit.

Atlas caelum. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings that Erasmus included in his Adagia, 1.1.67.

Caeli enarrant gloriam dei.

Non mens in caelis, si mores in caenis. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 748.

De caelo in caenum.

Si ruerit caelum, multae caperentur alaudae.

Si caelum caderet, multae caperentur alaudae.

Ille venit in caelum, sicut vacca in antrum muris.

Facilius est camelum per foramen acus transire quam divitem intrare in regnum caelorum.

In caelum exspuis. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.4.87.

In expuentis recidit faciem, quod in caelum expuit.

Bono vincere mala est ad caelum scala.

Qui vult in caelo cumulare divitias, hic det pauperibus. ~ Note: This is one of the moral sayings of Michael Verinus.

Virtute fultus, vel ruat caelum, haud time. ~ Note: This is a saying by Janus Anysius (Giovanni Aniso); his sayings were sometimes published together with the ancient sayings of Publilius Syrus.

Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt.

Quod est ante pedes, nemo spectat; caeli scrutantur plagas.

Collocet in caelis nos omnes vis Michaelis. ~ Note: This rhyming proverb is the motto of the Linlithgow family.

Ah, homo si sciret, quando mors atra veniret: / non sic formiret, sed caeli regna sitiret. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 31.

Concordes duo sunt in caelo sidera fratres; in terra unanimes vix reor esse duos. ~ Note: An epigram by Owen: Concordes duo sunt in caelo sidera fratres; / in terra unanimes vix reor esse duos.

Quot caelum stellas , tot habet tua Roma puellas.

Et ego movebo non solum terram sed etiam caelum.