1393 Scottish Proverbs / Page 59
1161.
There's mair ways o' killing a dog than hanging him.1162.
There's mair ways than ane o' keeping craws frae the stack.1163.
There's mair ways to the wood than ane.1164.
There's measure in a' things, even in kail supping.1165.
There's muckle ado when muirland folk ride--1166.
There's nae fules like auld fules.1167.
There's nae poackits in a shroud.1168.
There's naething sae gude on this side o' time but it might hae been better.1169.
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.1170.
There's no medicine for fear.1171.
There's skill in gruel making.1172.
They are aye good that are far away.1173.
They are eith hindered that are no fundersome.1174.
They are good that are away.1175.
They are not a' saints that get holy water.1176.
They are welcome that brings.1177.
They censure my doing such a thing who neither consider my occasions of doing it, or what provocations I have had.1178.
They loo me for little that hate me for nought.1179.
They may dunsh that gie the lunch.1180.
They talk of my drinking but never my thirst.