If the king is in the palace, nobody looks at the walls. It is when he is gone, and the house is filled with grooms and gazers, that we turn from the people to find relief in the majestic men that are suggested by the pictures and the architecture. Emerson.
"If the Lord tarry, yet wait for Him," for He "will surely come" and heal thee. Thomas à Kempis.
If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, 25 Mahomet will go to the mountain. Mahomet.
If the nose of Cleopatra had been a little shorter, it would have changed the history of the world. Pascal.
If the paternal cottage still shuts us in, its roof still screens us; and with a father we have as yet a prophet, priest, and king, and an obedience that makes us free. Carlyle.
If the pills were pleasant, they would not be gilded. Pr.
If the poet have nothing to interpret and reveal, it is better that he remain silent. C. Fitzhugh.
If the poor man cannot always get meat, the 30 rich man cannot always digest it. Henry Giles.
If the profession you have chosen has some unexpected inconveniences, console yourself by reflecting that no profession is without them. Johnson.
If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him. Emerson.