Nihil ad rem or versum—Not to the purpose, or 40 point.
Nihil agit qui diffidentem verbis solatur suis; / Is est amicus qui in re dubia re juvat, ubi re est opus—He does nothing who seeks to console a desponding man with words; a friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for. Plaut.
Nihil aliud necessarium ut sis miser, quam ut te miserum credas—Nothing else is necessary to make you wretched than to fancy you are so.
Nihil cum fidibus graculo—Jackdaws have nothing to do with a lute. Gell.
Nihil enim legit, quod non excerperet. Dicere etiam solebat, nullum esse librum tam malum, ut non aliqua parte prodesset—He read no book which he did not make extracts from. He also used to say, "No book was so bad but good of some kind might be got out of it." Pliny the Elder.
Nihil eripit fortuna nisi quod et dedit—Fortune takes nothing away but what she also gave. Pub. Syr.
Nihil est ab omni / Parte beatum—There is nothing that is blessed in every respect. Hor.
Nihil est annis velocius!—Nothing is swifter than our years. Ovid.
Nihil est aptius ad delectationem lectoris, 5 quam temporum varietates, fortunæque vicissitudines—Nothing contributes more to the entertainment of a reader than the changes of times and the vicissitudes of fortune. Cic.
Nihil est quod credere de se / Non possit—There is nothing that it (i.e., power, potestas) cannot believe itself capable of. Juv.