The cow that's first up gets the first o' the dew.
Used as an incentive to diligence and industry.
"The early bird catches the worm."—English.
The cure may be waur than the disease.
The day has een, the night has lugs.
Prudence and caution are necessary at all times.
The day you do weel there will be seven munes in the lift and ane on the midden.
The inference is, that the person addressed has a very remote chance indeed of ever doing well.
The death o' ae bairn winna skail a house.