If my person be crooked, my verses shall be straight. Pope.
If Nature is one and a living indivisible 25 whole, much more is mankind, the image that reflects and creates Nature, without which Nature were not. Carlyle.
If new-got gold is said to burn the pockets till it be cast forth into circulation, much more may new truth. Carlyle.
If, of all words of tongue and pen, / The saddest are, "It might have been," / More sad are these we daily see: "It is, but hadn't ought to be." Bret Harte.
If once you find a woman gluttonous, expect from her very little virtue; her mind is enslaved to the lowest and grossest temptation. Johnson.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Thoreau.
If one age believes too much, it is but a natural 30 reaction that another age should believe too little. Buckle.
If one door shuts, another will open. Pr.
If one sees one's fellow-creature following damnable error, by continuing in which the devil is sure to get him at last, are you to let him go towards such consummation, or are you not rather to use all means to save him? Carlyle.
If one were to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still. Johnson.