Naething is got without pains except dirt and long nails. Sc. Pr.
Naething is ill said if it's no ill ta'en. Sc. Pr.
Nager entre deux eaux—To waver between two parties. Fr.
Naiv muss jedes wahre Genie sein, oder es ist keines—Every true genius must be natural, or it is none. Schiller.
Naked truth is out of place before the eyes of 20 the profane vulgar; it can only make its appearance thickly veiled. Schopenhauer.
Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body; and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they be not altogether open. Bacon.
Nam de mille fabæ modiis dum surripis unum, / Damnum est, non facinus mihi pacto lenius isto—If from a thousand bushels of beans you steal one, my loss, it is true, is in this case less, but not your villany. Hor.
Nam dives qui fieri vult, / Et cito vult fieri—He who wishes to become rich wishes to become so quickly too. Juv.
Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor—I regard that man as lost who has lost his sense of shame. Plaut.
Nam et majorum instituta tueri, sacris cerimoniisque 25 retinendis, sapientis est—For it is the part of a wise man to protect the institutions of his forefathers by retaining the sacred rites and ceremonies.