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

Let not your sail be bigger than your boat. Ben Jonson.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory. St. Paul.

Let nothing in excess be done; with this let all comply. Anon.

Let observation, with extensive view, / Survey 30 mankind, from China to Peru; / Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, / And watch the busy scenes of crowded life. Johnson.

Let our finger ache, and it endues / Our other healthful members ev'n to that sense / Of pain. Othello, iii. 4.

Let pleasure be ever so innocent, the excess is always criminal. St. Evremond.

Let present rapture, comfort, ease, / As heaven shall bid them, come and go; / The secret this of rest below. Keble.

Let pride go afore, shame will follow after. Chapman, Jonson, and Marston.

Let prideful priests do battle about creeds, / 35 The Church is mine that does most Christ-like deeds. Prof. Blackie.

Let prudence number o'er each sturdy son, / Who life and wisdom at one race begun. Burns.