1393 Scottish Proverbs / Page 52
- 511. He rides well that never falls: he is a perfect man who never errs.
 - 512. He rises over early that is hangit ere noon.
- 513. He sits fu'.
- 514. He sits wi' sits on his neighbour's coat tail.
- 515. He sleeps as dogs do when wives bake cakes.
- 516. He snites his nose in his neighbour's dish to get the brose himsel.
- 517. He that ance gets his fingers i' the dirt can hardly get them out again.
- 518. He that blaws best should bear the horn.
- 519. He that borrows and bigs, maks feasts and thigs, drinks an's no dry, nane a' these three are thrifty.
- 520. He that canna make sport shou'd mar nane.
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