o much of some things than too little.

Better live in hope than die in despair.

Better marry ower the midden than ower the muir.

Rather marry among those whom you know than go among strangers for a
wife. "Marry over the mixon, and you will know who and what she
is."--_German._ "Your wife and your nag get from a
neighbour."--_Italian._

Better master ane than fight wi' ten.

Better my bairns seek frae me than I beg frae them.

Better my friends think me fremit than fashious.

Better visit friends seldom than so often as to prove troublesome.

Better nae ring 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 man may be well dressed but still have a hungry belly, and _vice
versa_. He that has the "fu' wame" is the more likely to be in good
spirits.

Better rough an' sonsy than bare an' donsy.

It is better to be rough in manners, if coupled with prosperous
circumstances, than be "genteel" and at the same time poverty
stricken.

Better rue sit than rue flit.

Better not remove at all than do so and then regret it.

"Didna I see when gentle Geordie was seeking to get other folk out
of the Tolbooth forby Jocky Porteous? but ye are of my mind,
hinny--better sit and rue, than flit and rue--ye needna look in my
face sae amazed. I ken mair things than that, maybe."--_Heart of
Midlothian._

Better saucht wi' little aucht than care wi' mony cows.

Better comfort and peace of mind with little, than care and
contention with much.

Better saut than sour.

Better say "Here it is" than "Here it was."

Better short and sweet than lang and lax.

Better sit idle than work for nought.

Better sit still than rise an' fa'.

Better skaith saved than mends made.

Better that offence should not be given than committed and then
apologized for.

Better sma' fish than nane.

Better soon as syne.

"I tell'd your honour a while syne, that it was lang that I hae been
thinking o' flitting, may be as lang as frae the first year I came
to Osbaldistone Hall; and now I'm o' the mind to gang in gude
earnest--better soon as syne--better a finger aff as aye
wagging."--_Rob Roy._

Better spared than ill spent.

Better speak bauldly out than aye be grumphin'.

If a compl