[Greek: Nomiz' adelphous tous alêthinous philous]—Count true friends as brothers.
Non adeo cecidi, quamvis abjectus, ut infra / Te quoque sim; inferius quo nihil esse potest—Though cast off, I have not fallen so low as to be beneath thee, than which nothing can be lower. Ovid.
Non ætate verum ingenio adipiscitur sapientia—Wisdom is not attained with years, but by ability. Plaut.
Non agitur de vectigalibus, non de sociorum 50 injuriis; libertas et anima nostra in dubio est—It is not a question of our revenues, nor of the wrongs of our allies; our liberty and very lives are in peril. Cic. in Sall.
Non amo te, Sabidi, nec possum dicere quare; / Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te—I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; this only I can say, I do not love thee. Mart.
Non Angli, sed angeli—Not Angles, but angels. Gregory the Great, on seeing some captive British youths for sale in the slave-market at Rome.
Non aqua, sed ruina—Not with water, but with ruin.
Non assumpsit—He did not assume. L.
Non bene conveniunt, nec in una sede morantur 55 / Majestas et amor—Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place. Ovid.
Non bene imperat, nisi qui paruerit imperio—No one makes a good commander except he who has been trained to obey commands.