If a man s gaun doun the brae, ilka ane gi'es him a jundie (push). Sc. Pr.
If a noble soul is rendered tenfold beautifuller by victory and prosperity, an ignoble one is rendered tenfold and a hundredfold uglier, pitifuller. Carlyle.
If a people will not believe, it must obey. Tocqueville.
If a pig could give his mind to anything, he wouldn't be a pig. Dickens.
If a word be worth one shekel, silence is worth 35 two. Rabbi Ben Azai.
If ae sheep loup (jump) the dike, a the lave (rest) will follow. Sc. Pr.
If aged and life-weary men have called to their neighbours: "Think of dying!" we younger and life-loving men may well keep encouraging and reminding one another with the cheerful words: "Think of wandering!" Goethe.
If all be well within, ... the impertinent censures of busy, envious men will make no very deep impression. Thomas à Kempis.
If all dogs on this earth should bark, / It will not matter if you do not hark. Saying.
If all the misfortunes of mankind were cast 40 into a public stock in order to be equally distributed among the species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy would prefer the share they have already to that which would fall to them by such a division. Socrates.