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 wealth shelter and cherish unprotected merit, and the gratitude and celebrity of that merit will richly repay it. Burns.

Let whatever you are and whatever you do, grow out of a firm root of truth and a strong soil of reality. Prof. Blackie.

Let Whig and Tory stir their blood; / There must be stormy weather; / But for some true result of good, / All parties work together. Tennyson.

Let woman learn betimes to serve according 5 to her destination, for only by serving will she at last learn to rule, and attain the influence that belongs to her in the household. Goethe.

Let women spin, not preach. Pr.

Let your daily wisdom of life be in making a good use of the opportunities given you. Prof. Blackie.

Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but let them feel, at the same time, the steadiness of your just resentment. Chesterfield.

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least. Hor.

Let your pen fail, begin to trifle with blotting-paper, 10 look at the ceiling, bite your nails, and otherwise dally with your purpose, and you waste your time, scatter your thoughts, and repress the nervous energy necessary for your task. G. H. Lewes.

Let your purse be your master. Pr.