| PROVERB |
| Necessity is the mother of invention. |
| Neither a borrower nor a lender be. |
| Never buy a pig in a poke. |
| Never do things by halves. |
| Never judge by appearances. |
| Never look a gift horse in the mouth. |
| Never make two bites of a cherry. |
| Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. |
| Never say die. |
| Never spend your money before you have it. |
| Never spur a willing horse. |
| New brooms sweep clean. |
| Ninety per cent of inspiration is perspiration. |
| No answer is also an answer. |
| No gain without pain. |
| No man can serve two masters. |
| No news is good news. |
| A nod is as good as a wink. |
| None so deaf as those who won't hear. |
| Nothing is given so freely as advice. |
| Nothing seek, nothing find. |
| Nothing succeeds like success. |
| Once bitten, twice shy. |
| One cannot be in two places at once. |
| One cannot put back the clock. |
| One foot is better than two crutches. |
| One good turn deserves another. |
| One is never too old to learn. |
| One lie makes many. |
| One man sows and another reaps. |
| One man's meat is another man's poison. |
| One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands. |
| One swallow does not make a summer. |
| Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches. |
| Opportunity seldom knocks twice. |
| Out of sight, out of mind. |