Part 18 (1/2)

Better haud wi' the hounds than rin wi' the hare

The policy of the Vicar of Bray It is better to side with the strongest or winning party

Better keep the deil out than hae to put him out

Better keep weel than

Better late thrive than never do weel

Better laugh at your ain pint stoup, than greet and gather gear

It is better to beit

Better learn frae your neebor's skaith than frae your ain

Learn experience rather from the misfortunes of others than fro frae my friends

Better leave than lack

That it is better to have too s than too little

Better live in hope than die in despair

Better marry ower thethose whoers for a wife ”Marry over the mixon, and you will knoho and what she is”--_Gerhbour”--_Italian_

Better ht wi' ten

Betterfrae them

Better my friends think me fremit than fashi+ous

Better visit friends seldo nor the ring o' a rash

Better ne'er begun than ne'er ended

Better ower 't than in 't

Better beyond the fear of danger than in it

Better plays the fu' wame than the new coat

A ry belly, and _vice versa_ He that has the ”fu' waood spirits

Better rough an' sonsy than bare an' donsy