Nisi caste, saltem caute—If not chastely, at least cautiously.
Nisi Dominus, frustra—Unless the Lord be with us, all is vain. M.
Nisi prius—Unless before. A judicial writ.
Nisi utile est quod facias, stulta est gloria—Unless what we do is useful, our glorying is vain. Phæd.
Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata—We 35 are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us. Ovid.
Nitor in adversum, nec me, qui cætera vincit / Impetus, et rapido contrarius evehor orbi—I struggle against an opposing current; the torrent which sweeps away others does not overpower me, and I make head against the on-rushing stream. Ovid.
"No," a monosyllable, the easiest learned by the child, but the most difficult to practise by the man, contains within it the import of a life, the weal or woe of an eternity. Johnson.
No accidents are so unlucky that the prudent may not draw some advantage from them. La Roche.
No affections and a great brain; these are the men to command the world. Disraeli.
No age ever seemed the age of Romance to 40 itself. Carlyle.