οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
i.e. ἐάν and μή; if not, i.e. unless: X before, but, except, if, no, (if, + whosoever) not.