The lawyer is a gentleman who rescues your 30 estate from your enemies, and keeps it to himself. Brougham.
The leafy blossoming present time springs from the whole past, remembered and unrememberable. Carlyle.
The lean and slippered pantaloon, / With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; / His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide / For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice / Turning again towards childish treble, pipes / And whistles in his sound. As You Like It, ii. 7.
The learned understand the reason of the art, the unlearned feel the pleasure. Quinct.
The legacy of heroes—the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. Disraeli.
The legal and proper mercy of a king of 35 England may remit the punishment, but ought not to stop the trial. Junius.
The lenient hand of time is daily and hourly either lightening the burden or making us insensible to the weight. Burns.
The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues the better we like him. Emerson.
The less men think the more they talk. Montesquieu.
The less routine the more of life. A. B. Alcott.