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A safe conscience mats a sound sleep. A short tree stauds lang. A fillerless man gangs fast thro’ the market. A finking master maks aft a rising man. A sorrowfu heart’s aye dry. As ye brew weel ye’ll drink the better. A spur in the head’s worth twa in the heel. At open doors dogs gae ben. A tale-teller is waur than a thief. A tarrowing bairn was never fat. A tale never tines in the telling. A thread will tye an honest man better than a

rape will a knave.

A tocherless dame sits lang at hame. A twapenny cat may look at King. A wee bush is better than nae bield. A wee thing fleys cowards. Auld men are twice bairns. Auld sparrows are ill to tame. A veld sow was never good to gryces.