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 us not burden our remembrances with / 40 A heaviness that's gone. The Tempest, v. 1.

Let us not make imaginary evils when we have so many real ones to encounter. Goldsmith.

Let us not strive to rise too high, that we may not fall too low. Schiller.

Let us not throw away any of our days upon useless resentment, or contend who shall hold out longest in stubborn malignity. Johnson.

Let us th' important "now" employ, / And live as those who never die. Burns.

Let us, then, be up and doing, / With a heart 45 for every fate; / Still achieving, still pursuing, / Learn to labour and to wait. Longfellow.

Let us, then, be what we are, and speak what we think, and in all things / Keep ourselves loyal to truth and the sacred professions of friendship. Longfellow.

Let us try what esteem and kindness can effect. Johnson.

Let vain men pursue vanity; leave them to their own methods. Thomas à Kempis.

Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die, / But leave us still our old nobility. Lord J. Manners.