No man is angry that feels not himself hurt |
No man's fortune can be an end worthy of his being. |
No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth. |
Nobility of birth commonly abateth industry. |
Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much. |
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. |
Nothing is terrible except fear itself. |
Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it. |
Nuptial love maketh mankind; friendly love perfecteth it; but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it. |
Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing. |
Of great riches there is no real use, except in the distribution; the rest is but conceit |
Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you. |
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. |
Our humanity were a poor thing were it not for the divinity which stirs within us |
Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages of books, and the like, we do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time |