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Never let on you, but laugh in your ain sleeve
535 Never put a sword in a daft man's hand
Never put the plough before the owsen
Never quat certainty for hope
Never scad your lips in other fowks kail
540 Never seek a wife till ye ken what to do wi' it.
Nineteen naysays of a maiden are half a grand
Now s now, and Yule's in winter
O
O'er mickle of ae thing is good for naething
O'er mickle loose leather about your chafts
545 O er siccer o'er loose
Of a' sorrow a fou' sorrow's best
Of a' meat in the warld drink gaes best down
Of twa ills chuse the least
Out of debt out of danger
550 Oppression will make a wise man mad
P
Pay him in his ain coin
Pith's good in a play
Play's good while it is play
Penny wise and pound fool
555 Poor folk's friends soon misken them
Possession is eleven points of the law
Pride and grace dwell never in ae place
Provision in season makes a bien house
Put the saddle on the right horse
560 Put on your spurs and be at your speed
Q
Quality without quantity is little thought of
Quey calfs are dear veal
Quick for you'll never be cleanly
Quick at meat quick at wark
Quick returns make rich merchants
R
Rather spill your joke than tine your friend
Raw dawds make fat lads
Raw leather raxes
