Used in yielding a point in dispute because you are either unwilling or unable to argue further; but also indicating that you do not admit yourself to be in the wrong.
Be lang sick, that ye may be soon hale.
Believe a' ye hear, an' ye may eat a' ye see.
Belyve is twa hours and a half.
A jocular allusion to the fact that if a person says he will be back, or done with anything "belyve," that is, immediately, or in a little, the probability is he will be longer than expected.
Be ready wi' your bonnet, but slow wi' your purse.
Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.
Best to be off wi' the auld love before we be on wi' the new.
Be thou weel, or be thou wae, yet thou wilt not aye be sae.
Better a bit in the morning than a fast a' day.