An’ hoo, an’ when, an’ wheer.
It will save you no small trouble,
If when talking you take care
Of whom you speak, to whom you speak,
And how, and when, and where.
Closed lips an’ oppen een save yan fra monny a fratch. Closed lips and open eyes save one from many a quarrel (trouble).
Advising yan ’at’s iv a passion’s dafter ’an scrattin’ a tup head. Advising one that is in a passion is sillier than scratching a tup’s head, i.e. giving advice to one who is in a passion, is equal in folly to that of scratching a tup on the head, as there is no surer way of inducing it to attack you than by following such a course.
Him ’at’s meead up his mahnd ’at he caan’t deea a thing, maistly maks up his mahnd afoorhand ’at he weean’t try. He that has made up his mind that he cannot accomplish an undertaking, mostly makes up his mind beforehand that he will not try.
Maist fau’k can see t’ wrang they’ve deean, bud nut t’ wrang they’re deeaing. Most people can see the wrong they have done, but not the wrong they are doing.
Varra off’ns when a chap sez ’at he’s deeaing nowt, he’s deeaing summat he s’u’dn’t; an’ when he aims ti mak ya think ’at he’s deeaing summat ’at he s’u’d, he’s off’ns deeaing nowt. Very often when a person says that he is doing nothing, he is doing something that he should not; and when he tries to make you believe he is doing something that he should, he is often idling his time away.