This consists of an escutcheon argent with a saltire azure, an inescutcheon of the arms of Scotland, with an Imperial Crown above the escutcheon, and encircled with the motto Fax mentis Honestae Gloria.

Veritas is the motto of Harvard University, Providence College, Knox College ( Illinois ), Bilkent University, the University of California-Hastings College of the Law, Drake University and the Scotland independent school Fettes College, as well as the Dominican Order of the Roman Catholic Church, and Providence College, which is run by the Dominicans.

The origin of the motto reflects the feudal clan system of ancient Scotland, particularly the Highlands.

The motto of the Church of Scotland is nec tamen consumebatur ( Latin )-' Yet it was not consumed ', an allusion to Exodus 3: 2 and the Burning Bush.

The same motto appears on the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom for use in Scotland and some pound coins, and is also the motto of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, Scots Guards, The Black Watch ( Royal Highland Regiment ) of Canada and Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.

The Royal Arms depict the collar and motto of the Order of the Thistle only in Scotland ; they show the circlet and motto of the Garter in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The motto also appears, in conjunction with the collar of the Order of the Thistle, in later versions of the Royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of Scotland and subsequently in the version of the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom used in Scotland.

The motto of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, the Scottish chivalrous order, is also that of the British Army regiments The Royal Regiment of Scotland, Scots Guards and Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.

It was also the motto of several former units of the British Army, including the Royal Scots, Royal Scots Greys, Royal Highland Fusiliers and Black Watch, some of which went on to be amalgamated to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland in 2006.

During the reign of Charles II, the motto, appearing on a scroll beneath the shield and overlying the compartment, was added to the Royal coat of arms of Scotland and, since 1707, has appeared in the Scottish version of the arms of British Monarchs, including the present Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom used in Scotland.

( The collar of the order appears in earlier versions of the Royal coat of arms of Scotland, but without the order motto ).

Dieu et mon droit has generally been used as the motto of English — and later British ( outside of Scotland )— monarchs since being adopted by Edward III.

* Stewart family ( Scotland ; also spelled Steuart especially in older sources ): " Semper Fidelis " is the family motto of the Stewart family of Ballechin in Perthshire.

J. Burke ( 1836, pp. 149 – 150 ) records that the family goes back to an illegitimate son of James II of Scotland ( 1430 – 1460 ), and the motto is recorded by Burke and by Robson ( 1830 ).

" in English ) is an ancient motto of the Kings of Scotland, and also of Scotland's premier chivalric order, the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, and of the Scots Guards ( the latter both " belonging " to the monarch ).

The town motto " Honestas " dates back to 1332, when the Regent of Scotland, Randolph, Earl of Moray, died in the burgh after a long illness during which he was devotedly cared for by its citizens.

" It is similar to Creag an tuirc, the motto of the MacLaren Clan of Scotland.

* The regimental badge depicts a Scottish thistle on a scroll bearing the motto Alba nam Buadh ( Gaelic for " Well done, Scotland " or " Scotland, home of the virtues ").

The husband is usually a well-educated professional, preoccupied with his job -- often an organization man whose motto for getting ahead is: `` Don't rock the boat ''.

In a similar vein, but writing from the opposite side, Thomas Taylor, a private in the 6th Alabama Volunteers, in a letter to his wife, stated: `` you know that my heart is with you but I never could have been satisfied to have staid at home when my country is invaded by a thievin foe, by a set of cowardly skunks whose motto is Booty.

The travel club is comprised of 75 fun-loving couples who have as their motto `` Go Somewhere, Anywhere, Everywhere ''.

A term similar to this is the Canadian motto A Mari Usque Ad Mare (" From sea to sea.

His motto, " All is well since all grows better ", served not only as a good rationalization of his successful business career but also in his view of international relations.

" In pulvere vinces " ( In dust you conquer ) is the motto.

Its motto is Labor Omnia Vincit, which means " Work conquers all things ".

The popularity of the motto Zazpiak Bat is attributed to Abbadie.

Its Latin motto is Splendor sine occasu (" Splendour without Diminishment ").

His motto was Simplex sigillum veri ; Simplicity is the sign of truth.

Its main motto is: " Set clear strict laws, or deliver harsh punishment ".

The coat of arms of a cardinal is indicated by a red galero ( wide-brimmed hat ) with 15 tassels on each side ( the motto and Escutcheon ( heraldry ) | escutcheon are proper to the individual cardinal ).

Dartmouth's motto, chosen by Eleazar Wheelock, is Vox clamantis in deserto.

The Latin motto is literally translated as " The voice of one crying in the wilderness ", but is more often rendered as " A voice crying in the wilderness ", which attempts to translate the synecdoche of the phrase.

The current motto used by the university is Ora et Labora.

The Latin motto is literally translated as " Pray and work " and has been in use since 1870.

This Latin motto is literally translated as Perhaps and first appeared in the first Dalhousie Gazette of 1869.

The Latin motto is literally translated as " Perhaps the time may come when these difficulties will be sweet to remember ".

Its motto is Mens agitat molem ( The mind brings matter into motion ).

The motto of The North Star was " Right is of no Sex – Truth is of no Color – God is the Father of us all, and we are all brethren.

The mottoes are " In Defens " ( an abbreviated form of the Scots " In My Defens God Me Defend ") and the motto of the Order of the Thistle ; " Nemo me impune lacessit ".

The regiment adopted the royal motto of Scotland's Stewart monarchs, Nemo me impune lacessit ( no-one provokes me with impunity ).

" During their walk, Montresor mentions his family coat of arms: a foot in a blue background crushing a snake whose fangs are embedded in the foot's heel, with the motto Nemo me impune lacessit (" No one insults me with impunity ").

Poe may have borrowed Montresor's family motto Nemo me impune lacessit from James Fenimore Cooper, who used the line in The Last of the Mohicans ( 1826 ).

The motto is Nemo me impune lacessit ( Latin for " No one provokes me with impunity ").

The motto of the Order of the Thistle ( Nemo me impune lacessit ) should not be confused with the motto of the Royal arms ( In Defens ), which appears on an escroll above the crest in the tradition of Scottish heraldry.

The motto also appears ( spelled " Nemo Me Impune Lacesset ") above an American Timber Rattlesnake on a 1778 $ 20 bill from Georgia as an early example of the colonial use of the coiled rattlesnake symbol, which later became famous on the Gadsden flag.

Also in America, at the Ivy League school of Dartmouth College, " Nemo me impune lacessit " is the motto of the College's independent conservative newspaper, The Dartmouth Review.

In the motto " No-one harasses me with impunity " ( Latin: " Nemo me impune lacessit "), " me " was therefore originally the thistle itself, but by extension now refers to the Scottish regiments which have adopted it.

* " The Cask of Amontillado "-a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, where Nemo me impune lacessit is the family motto of the character Montresor.

* The regimental motto is Nemo Me Impune Lacessit ( Nobody assails me with impunity ), also the motto of the Order of the Thistle, to which it refers.

The other standard displays on one side, on a field or, a lion rampant gules, encircled with a double tressure flory-counter flory of the second ; on the top, a thistle and crown, motto: Nemo me impune lacessit ( no one provokes me with impunity ).

The regimental motto was Nemo me impune lacessit ( no one attacks me with impunity ).

The motto of the Order of the Thistle, Nemo me impune lacessit, appears on a blue scroll overlying the compartment.

* Following the reign of Charles II, King of Scots, the blazon of the Royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of Scotland included upon a blue scroll overlying the compartment, the motto of The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle ; Nemo me impune lacessit, and elements from the arms of:

The Scots motto In Defens appears as in the original arms, and the Latin motto of the Order of the Thistle, Nemo me impune lacessit, also appears on a blue scroll overlying the compartment.