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Sair cravers are aye ill payers Say weel and do weel end with ae letter Say weel's good, but do weel's better Say still no and you'll never be married Scant of cheeks makes a lang nose Scart the cog wad sup mair Scorn comes commonly with skaith Seeing's believing a' the world o'er                Send ye to the sea ye'll no get saut water Serve yoursel till your bairns come to age Set that down on the backside of your count book Set a knave to catch a knave Set a stout heart to a stay brae Sharp stomachs make short graces She is a wise wife that wat her ain weird She looks as if butter wadna melt in her mou' She hauds up her head like a hen drinking water She's no to be made a sang o'                She's better than she's bonny Sic as ye gie sic will ye get Silence grips the mouse Sic reek as is therein 'comes out o' the lum Slaw at meat slaw at wark Smooth waters rin deep Sma' fish better than nae fish Sorrow is soon enough when it comes Some hae a hantle o' fauts, ye're only a ne'er-do-weel Speak good of pipers, your father was a fiddler Spilt ale is waur than water Stuffings haud out storms Stown dints are sweeter Sudden friendship, sure repentance Supped out wort was ne'er good ale Surfeits slay mair than swords Swear by your burnt shins Sweer to bed and sweer up in the morning