Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

If them art rich, thou art poor; / For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows, / Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey, / And death unloads thee. Meas. for Meas., iii. 1.

If thou art wise, thou knowest thine own 5 ignorance; and thou art ignorant, if thou knowest not thyself. Luther.

If thou be a severe, sour-complexioned man, then here I disallow thee to be a competent judge. Isaac Walton.

If thou be master-gunner, spend not all / That thou canst speak at once, but husband it. George Herbert.

If thou bear the cross cheerfully, it will bear thee. Thomas à Kempis.

If thou canst let others alone in their matters, they likewise will not hinder thee in thine. Thomas à Kempis.

If thou cast away one cross, without doubt 10 thou shalt find another, and that perhaps more heavy. Thomas à Kempis.

If thou deniest to a laborious man and a deserving, thou killest a bee; if thou givest to other than such, thou preservest a drone. Quarles.

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? Bible.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. Bible.