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Rob Peter to Pay Paul. Rue and time grew baith at ae garden. Rule youth well, for eild will ruld itself. 79                                  S            Sair cravers are aye ill payers. Say well and do well end with ae letter. Say well's good but do well is better. Say still no and ye'll never be married. Scant of cheeks makes a long nose. Scant the cog wad sup mare. Scorn comes commonly with skaith. Seeing's believing a' the world o'er. Serve yoursel till your bairns come to age. Set that down on the back side of your count-book. Set a knave to catch a knave. Set a stout heart to a stay brae. Shallow waters make maist din. Sharp stomachs make short graces. She looks as if butter would not melt in her mouth. She hauds up her head like a hen drinking water. 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 of the lum top. Slaw at meat slaw at wark. Smooth waters run deep. Sma' fish are better than nae fish. Sorrow is soon enough when it comes. Sorrow and ill weather come unsent for. Some hae a hantle o' fauts ye'er a ne'er-do-well Speak good of pipers your father was a fiddler. Spilt ale is waur than water. Stuffing hauds out storms. Stown dints are sweetest.