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 Rev. James Wood

Ne'er grudge and carp, / Though fortune use you hard and sharp. Burns.

Ne'er let your gear owergang ye, i.e., never let your wealth get the better of you. Sc. Pr.

Ne'er linger, ne'er o'erhasty be, / For time 25 moves on with measured foot. Goethe.

Ne'er put a sword in a wud man's (a madman's) hand. Sc. Pr.

Ne'er tak' a wife till ye ken what to do wi' her. Sc. Pr.

Ne'er the rose without the thorn. Herrick.

Ne'er trust muckle to an auld enemy or a new freend. Sc. Pr.

Neglecta solent incendia sumere vires—A fire, 30 if neglected, always gathers in strength. Hor.

Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves. Feltham.

Negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed omnino dissoluti—To be careless of what others think of us, not only indicates an arrogant, but an utterly abandoned character. Cic.