If this ball does not stick to the wall, it will at least leave a mark, [257]
If thou touchest pitch thou shalt be defiled, [321] (See He who touches)
If thoughts were legal witnesses, many an honest man would be proved a rogue, [402]
If we pay for the music we will join in the dance, [56], [136]
If wishes were true, shepherds would be kings (If wishes would bide, beggars would ride), [57]
If wood-hewing were an order, there would be fewer monks, [174]
If you are a mouse don’t follow frogs, [126]
If you are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, strike hard, [136]
If you cannot get the bird, get one of its feathers, [367]
If you cannot heal the wound, do not tear it open, [363]