| 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. |
| Nature abhors a vacuum. |
| The nearer the church, the farther from God. |
| Necessity knows no law. |
| Needs must when the devil drives. |
| Never ask pardon before you are accused. |
| Never make threats you cannot carry out. |
| Never tell your enemy that your foot aches. |
| Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. |
| No cross, no crown. |
| No man is a hero to his valet. |
| No man is content with his lot. |
| No man is indispensable. |
| No man is infallible. |
| No names, no pack drill. |
| A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. |
| None but the brave deserves the fair. |
| None so blind as those who won't see. |
| Not good is it to harp on the frayed string. |
| Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand. |
| Nothing is so certain as the unexpected. |
| Nothing so bad but might have been worse. |
| Nothing stake, nothing draw. |
| Nothing venture, nothing have. |
| Of two evils, choose the lesser. |
| An old poacher makes the best keeper. |
| One beats the bush, and another catches the birds. |
| One must draw back in order to leap better. |
| One must draw the line somewhere. |
| One of these days is none of these days. |
| One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. |
| One volunteer is worth two pressed men. |
| Open confession is good for the soul. |
| Opportunity makes the thief. |
| Other times, other manners. |
| An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. |
| Out of debt, out of danger. |
