932. LAWYERS. Fair and softly as lawyers go to heaven.
933. LAZY FOLK. Lazy folk take the most pains.
934. LEAD. A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink unless he will.
935. LEAD. 'Tis folly to dig for lead with a silver shovel.
936. LEAK. A small leak will sink a great ship.
938. LEARNING. Learning makes a man fit company for himself.
939. LEAST. Least said is soonest mended.
940. LEAST BOY. The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle.
943. LEND. He that doth not lend doth lose his friend.
944. LEND. He would not lend his knife to the devil to stab himself.
945. LIAR. A liar should have a good memory.
947. LIBEL. The greater truth, the greater libel.
948. LIBERAL. The liberal man deviseth liberal things.
949. LIBERTY. Too much liberty spoils all.
951. LIES. He lies as fast as a dog can trot.
952. LIFE. Life is full of hazards, which experience neither bought nor taught will always enable us to foresee.
953. LIFE. Life is half spent before we know what it is.
955. LIFE. Life lies not in living, but in liking.
956. LIFE. While there's life there's hope.
960. LIGHT GAINS. Light gains make a heavy purse.
962. LIKE. Every one as they like best, as the good man said when he kissed his cow.
965. LION. The lion's not half so fierce as he's painted.
966. LIPS. Lips however rosy must be fed.
967. LISTENERS. Listeners never hear good of themselves.
968. LITTLE. Little and often fills the purse.
969. LITTLE. Little mother, little daughter.
970. LITTLE BIRDS. Little birds may peck a dead lion.
971. LITTLE BOATS. Little boats must keep the shore.
972. LITTLE BODIES. Little bodies have large souls.
973. LITTLE GOOD. A little good is soon spent.
974. LITTLE GOODS. Little goods, little care.
975. LITTLE HOLE. One may see day at a little hole.
A little house well fill'd, A little land well till'd, And a little wife well will'd.
977. LITTLE MINDS. Little minds, like weak liquors, are soon soured.
978. LITTLE THINGS. Little things please little minds.
980. LIVE. It's not how long, but how well, we live.
983. LIVER (LONGEST). The longest liver dies at last.
984. LIVES. He that lives not well one year sorrows for it seven.
985. LIVETH. He liveth long that liveth well.
986. LIVING DOG. A living dog is better than a dead lion.