Scottish proverbs:

• The shortest road’s the nearest.
• The less wit a man has the less he kens the want o’t.
• The gude dog doesna aye get the best bane.
• Sorrow an’ ill weather come unca’d.
• Silence and thought hurt nae man.
• Self praise is nae honour.
• Every bird thinks its ain nest best.
• He that keeks through a keyhole may see what will vex him.
• There’s naething mair precious than time.
• He that lends money to a friend has a double loss.
• Haste and anger hinder gude counsel.
• Friends ‘gree best at a distance.
• Weel done, soon done.
• Be a friend to yoursel’ and ithers will.
• A wise man wavers, a fool is fixed.
• The langest day has an end.

And “There’s naething sae gude on this side o’ time but it micht hae been better.”

(From Colin S.K. Walker, Scottish Proverbs, 2000.)