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Sudden friendship sure repentance. Surfeits slay mair than the sword. Swear by your burnt shins. Swear't to bed and sweer't up in the morning. T Take it a' and pay the merchant. Take the bite and buffet we't. Take a pint and 'gree, the law's costly, Take your ain will, & then ye'll no die of the pet. Take your venture as many a good ship has done. Take your thanks to feed your cat. Take a man by his word and a cow by her horn. Take a hair of the dog that bit you. Take me not up before I fa' Take your will o't as the cat did o' the haggis. Tell nae tales out of the school. That's but ae doctor's opinion. That's for the father and no for the son. That's for that as butter for fish. That's my tale where's yours. That's the piece a step-bairn never got. The back and the belly hauds every ane busy. The better day the better deed. The banes of a great estate is worth the piking. The cure may be worse than the disease. The cow that's first up gets the first of the dew. The first fuf of a fat haggis is the baldest. The feathers bear away the flesh. The grey mare may be the better-horse. The greatest clerks are not the wisest men. The happy man canna be herried. The higher up the greater fa'. The king's errand may come in the cadger's gate The langer we live we see the mae fairlies.