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

Nil ego contulerim jucundo sanus amico—As long as I have my senses, there is nothing I would prefer to an agreeable friend. Hor.

Nil erit ulterius quod nostris moribus addat / Posteritas; eadem cupient facientque minores: / Omne in præcipiti vitium stetit—There will be nothing left for posterity to add to our manners; our descendants will wish for and do the same things as we do; every vice has reached its culminating point. Juv.

Nil feret ad manes divitis umbra suos—The ghost of the rich man will carry nothing to the shades below. Ovid.

Nil fuit unquam sic impar sibi—Never was such 40 an inconsistent creature seen before. Hor.

Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, / Quam quod ridiculos homines facit—Unhappy poverty has nothing in it more galling than this, that it makes men ridiculous. Juv.

Nil homini certum est—There is nothing assured to mortals. Ovid.

Nil me officit unquam, / Ditior hic, aut est quia doctior; est locus uni / Cuique suus—It never the least annoys me that another is richer or more learned than I; every one has his own place assigned him. Hor.

Nil mortalibus arduum est—Nothing is too arduous for mortals. Hor.

Nil nisi cruce—No hope but in the cross. M. 45

Nil oriturum alias, nil ortum tale fatentes—Confessing that none like you has arisen before, none will ever arise. Hor.