Si la vie est misérable, elle est pénible à supporter; si elle est heureuse, il est horrible de la perdre. L'un revient à l'autre—If our life is unhappy, it is painful to bear, and if it is happy, it is horrible to lose it. Thus, the one is pretty equal to the other. La Bruyère.
Si leonina pellis non satis est, assuenda vulpina—If the lion's skin is not enough, we must sew on the fox's. Pr.
Si monumentum requiris, circumspice—If you seek his monument, look around. Inscription on St. Paul's, London, of Sir Christopher Wren.
Si natura negat, facit indignatio versum—If nature denies the power, indignation makes verses. Juv.
Si non errasset, fecerat ille minus—If he had 25 not committed an error, his glory would have been less. Mart.
Si nous n'avions point de défauts, nous ne prendrions pas tant de plaisir à en remarquer dans les autres—If we had no faults ourselves, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those of other people. La Roche.
Si nous ne nous flattions pas nous-mêmes, la flatterie des autres ne nous pourroit nuire—If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others would not harm us. Fr.
Si parva licet componere magnis—If I may be allowed to compare small things with great. Virg.
Si possis suaviter, si non quocunque modo—Gently if you can; if not, by some means or other.
Si qua voles apte nubere, nube pari—If you 30 wish to marry suitably, marry your equal. Ovid.