If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you 40 had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else. Carlyle.
If you don't do better to-day, you'll do worse to-morrow. Pr.
If you don't touch the rope, you won't ring the bell. Pr.
If you eat, eat a portion; do not eat all. Wit and Wisdom from West Africa.
If you have a good seat, keep it. Pr.
If you have a special weakness, do not expose 45 it by attempting to do things which will bring it out. Spurgeon.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. Thoreau.
If you have lived one day, you have seen all. Montaigne.
If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. Jul. Cæs., iii. 2.