The ba' maun aye row some way.
The banes bear the beef hame.
The banes o' a great estate are worth the picking.
The best is aye the cheapest.
The best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft agley.
The best o' wabs are rough at the roons.
The best that can happen to a poor man is that ae bairn dee and the rest follow.
Kelly is democratically angry at the questionable sentiment of this proverb,—"A cursed distrustful proverb!" he says. "God is able to maintain the poor man's child as well as the young master or young miss, and often in a more healthy and plump condition."
The better day the better deed.