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A sillerless man gangs fast through the market A sorrowfu' heart's aye dry At open doors dogs gae ben A tarrowing bairn was never fat A taking hand will never want A good tale never tines in the telling A tocherless dame sits lang at hame A toom purse makes a pratling merchant A toom pantry makes a thriftless gudewife A turn well done is soon done A twapenny cat may look at the king A wee bush is better than nae bield A wee mouse can creep below a big corn A wee house has a wide mouth A wee thing flyeys cowards A wilfu' man should be unco wise Auld men are twice bairns Auld sparrows are ill to tame B.

BARE gentry are braggin' beggars Be a friend to yoursel and others will Be lang sick that you may soon hale By guess, as the blind man fell'd the dog Beggars shouldna be choosers Better a bite in the morning than fast a' day Better a deil than a daw Better a dog fawn on you than bark at you Better a finger aff than aye waggin' Better an auld maid than a young whore Better a toom house than an ill tenant Better auld debts than auld sairs Better to be alane than in ill company Better to be idle than ill employed Better belly burst than good meat spill Better buy than borrow Better day the better deed Better find iron than tine siller