1393 Scottish Proverbs / Page 46
901.
Never marry for money. You can borrow it cheaper.902.
Never put a sword into a madman's hand.903.
Never quit certainty for hope.904.
Never scad your lips in other fouks kail.905.
Never seek a wife till ye ken what to do with her.906.
Never shaw your teeth unless you can bite.907.
Never take a wife till you know what to do with her.908.
Never tell your fae when your foot sleeps.909.
New lairds have new laws.910.
Nineteen nay-says of a maiden are half a grant.911.
Nipping and scarting's scotch folk's wooing.912.
No heaven will not ever Heaven be; unless my cats are there to welcome me.913.
No man makes his own hap.914.
Now's now, and yule's in winter.915.
Now-a-days truth's news.916.
O'er mickle of a thing is good for naething.917.
O'er sicker o'er loose.918.
Of a' sorrow a fou sorrow's best.919.
Of ane ill come mony.920.
Of twa ills chuse the least.