Better keep the deil out than hae to put him out.
Better keep weel than make weel.
Better lang little than soon naething.
Better late thrive than never do weel.
Better laugh at your ain pint stoup, than greet and gather gear.
It is better to be merry spending money, than sorrowful acquiring it.
Better learn frae your neebor's skaith than frae your ain.
Learn experience rather from the misfortunes of others than from your own.
Better leave to my faes than beg frae my friends.
Better leave than lack.