Nothing is more ruinous for a man than when he is mighty enough in any part to right himself without right. Jacobi.
Nothing is more significant of the philosophy of a man than the footing on which he stands with his body. The Cynic neglects it, the Sybarite makes profit out of it, the Trappist disowns it, and the Idealist forgets it. Lindner.
Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few. Hume.
Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in 25 action. Goethe.
Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion. Hazlitt.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste. Emerson.
Nothing is more offensive to reason (widerwärtiger) than an appeal to the majority; it consists of a few powerful leaders, of rogues who accommodate themselves, of weaklings who assimilate themselves, and of the mass who follow confusedly, without in the least knowing what they would be at. Goethe.
Nothing is new; we walk where others went; / There's no vice now but has its precedent. Herrick.
Nothing is of any value in books excepting the 30 transcendental and extraordinary. Emerson.
Nothing is old but the mind. Emerson.