If it were not for respect to human opinions, I would not open my window to see the Bay of Naples for the first time, whilst I would go five hundred leagues to talk with a man of genius whom I had not seen. Mme. de Staël.
If Jack were better, Jill would not be so bad. 15 Pr.
If ladies be but young and fair, / They have the gift to know it. As You Like It, ii. 7.
If life, like the olive, is a bitter fruit, then grasp both with the press and they will yield the sweetest oil. Jean Paul.
If man had a higher idea of himself and his destiny, he would neither call his business amusement nor amuse himself instead of transacting business. Goethe.
If man is not kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. Bacon.
If men duly felt the greatness of God, they 20 would be dumb, and for very veneration unwilling to name Him. Goethe.
If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be made to possess wealth as that it may be said to possess him. Bacon.
If money go before, all ways do lie open. Merry Wives, ii. 2.
If music be the food of love, play on; / Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, / The appetite may sicken, and so die. Twelfth Night, i. 1.