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

Nothing is so uncertain as the minds of the multitude. Leiz.

Nothing is superficial to a deep observer. It is in trifles that the mind betrays itself. Bulwer Lytton.

Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, / But an eternal now does always last. Cowley.

Nothing is thoroughly approved but mediocrity. 5 The majority has established this, and it fixes its fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way. Pascal.

Nothing is thought rare / Which is not new and followed; yet we know / That what was worn some twenty years ago / Comes into grace again. Beaumont and Fletcher.

Nothing is to be preferred before justice. Socrates.

Nothing is too high for a man to reach, but he must climb with care and confidence. Hans Andersen.

Nothing is true but what is simple. Goethe.

Nothing is truly elegant but what unites use 10 with beauty. Goldsmith.

Nothing leads to good which is not natural. Schiller.