It will never out of the flesh that's bred in the bone. Ben Jonson.
It would be better that we should not exist, than that we should guiltily disappoint the purposes of existence. Ruskin.
It would be some advantage to live a primitive 40 and frontier life, though in the midst of an outward civilisation, if only to learn what are the gross necessaries of life, and what methods have been taken to obtain them. Thoreau.
It's a gude heart that says nae ill, but a better that thinks nane. Sc. Pr.
It's a poor man that always counts his sheep. Pr.
It's a poor sport that's not worth the candle. George Herbert.
It's a sair field where a's slain. Sc. Pr.
It's a small joke sets men laughing when they 45 sit a-staring at one another wi' a pipe i' their mouths. George Eliot.
It's a weary warld, and naebody bides in't. J. M. Barrie.
It's all very well having a ready-made rich man, but it may happen he'll be a ready-made fool. George Eliot.