Non ego avarum / Cum te veto fieri, vappam jubeo ac nebulonem—When I say, Be not a miser, I do not bid you become a worthless prodigal. Hor.
Non ego illam mihi dotem esse puto, quæ dos dicitur, / Sed pudicitiam, et pudorem, et sedatam cupidinem—I do not deem that a dowry which is called a dowry, but chastity, modesty, and subdued desire. Plaut.
Non ego mordaci distrinxi carmine quenquam; / Nec meus ullius crimina versus habet—I have not wounded any one with stinging satire, nor does my poetry contain a charge against any man. Ovid.
Non ego omnino lucrum omne esse utile homini existimo—I do not at all reckon that every kind of gain is serviceable to a man. Plaut.
Non ego ventosæ venor suffragia plebis—I do 25 not hunt after the suffrages of the fickle multitude. Hor.
Non enim gazæ neque consularis / Summovet lictor miseros tumultus / Mentis et curas laqueata circum / Tecta volantes—For neither regal treasure, nor the consul's lictor, nor the cares that hover about fretted ceilings, can remove the unhappy tumults of the mind. Hor.
Non equidem invideo, miror magis—In sooth I feel no envy, I am surprised rather. Virg.
Non equidem studeo, bullatis ut mihi nugis / Pagina turgescat, dare pondus idonea fumo—I do not study to swell my page with pompous trifles, suited only to give weight to smoke. Pers.
Non erat his locus—This was out of place here. Hor.
Non esse cupidum pecunia est: non esse 30 emacem vectigal est—Not to be covetous is money: not to be extravagant is an estate. Cic.