Scottish proverbs

There's no iron so hard that rust won't fret it; and there's no cloth so fine that moths won't eat it.

Those who help themselves to what there is most of on the table, if not restrained they will do too much.

It ill becomes a carpenter to be heavy-handed, a smith to be shake-handed, or a physician to be tenderhearted.

A person once wud, or deranged, is always suspected of being so, in the event of anything strange taking place.

They censure my doing such a thing who neither consider my occasions of doing it, or what provocations I have had.

The gravest fish is an oyster; the gravest bird's an ool; the gravest beast's an ass; and the gravest man's a fool.

God keep ill gear out o' my hands; for if my hand ance get it, my heart winna part wi't, sae prayed the gude earl of eglinton.

E'ening grey and a morning red, put on your hat or ye'll weet your head; e'ening red an' a morning grey is a taiken o' a bonny day.

Expect not a very covetous person to be very honest for a long time. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in nae ither.

One for sorrow, two for joy, Three for a girl, four for a boy. Five for silver, six for gold, And seven for a secret that must never be told.

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