If you are going out for a fight leave your best hat at home.
If you are going to fall it's muddy everywhere.
If you are going to sit on it for three years, the seat will certainly get warm.
If you are in a boat you are more afraid of fire than you are of water.
If you are looking for bad luck, you will soon find it.
If you are travelling towards the East, you will inevitably move away from the West.
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
If you believe everything you read, you had better not read.
If you carry treasure, don't travel at night.
If you hate a man, let him live.
If you have no one else, then confer with your knee.
If you love your son, let him travel.
If you love your son, make him leave home.
If you make love in the shade you get cold.
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
If you think about things too long, good thoughts will disappear.
If you turn into a dog, be sure to choose a rich family.
If you wait long enough, it will be good weather.
If you wish to learn the highest truth, begin with the alphabet.
If you would shoot a general, shoot his horse first.
In the eyes of a lover a pock-marked face is one with pretty dimples.