Manibus pedibusque

With the utmost exertion of our hands and feet, or with tooth and nail, as we say. «Nervis omnibus», straining every nerve, exerting our utmost power or ability to effect the purpose; «Remis velisque», pushing it on with oars and sails; «Omnem movere lapidem», leaving no stone unturned, to discover what we are in search for, are forms of speech used by the Romans, which have been adopted by us, and are therefore here admitted; as may be also «Toto pectore», with our whole soul, loving or hating any one. These are all, and indeed many more similar expressions, treated of by Erasmus as distinct proverbs; but it was thought to be better to bring them together here, in this manner.
It may not be amiss, once for all, to observe, that I have not confined myself to the sense given by Erasmus to many of the adages. As I have frequently passed over very long disquisitions, when they appeared to me not suitable to the present state of literature, or of the times; so on the other hand, I have sometimes expatiated largely, where he has given the exposition in two or three lines. Another considerable difference is, that here are introduced many corresponding adages, in the French, Italian, Spanish, and English languages, none of which are to be found in his book. It is singular, Jortin remarks, that though Erasmus spent a large part of his time in France, Italy and England, it does not appear that he was ever able to converse in any of those languages; or perhaps to read the productions of any of the writers in those countries, excepting such as were written in Latin; which, as a language in general use, appears to have been adopted by most of the literati down to his time; excepting perhaps by the Italians, whose language had attained a higher degree of polish and perfection than any of the others.