Daftness nivver builds owght wo’th leaving up. Daftness never builds anything worth leaving up. ‘Leaving up’ means ‘allowing it to stand.’ The saying might be put this way: folly never accomplishes anything worthy of being handed on to posterity.
Fame is a lump ov nowt putten insahd ov a bubble, which bo’sts, an’ it’s all owered wiv it. Fame is a lump of nothing put inside a bubble, which bursts, and then it is all over with it. To ‘be overed with a thing,’ is for it to be absolutely annihilated.
Good luck gi’es ti sum mair ’an what tha owt ti ’ev, bud nivver mair ’an what tha want. Good luck gives to some more than what they ought to have, but never more than what they want.
Cussing an’ low-lived talk ther’s nivver neea call for; ther’s nowt can hap it up, an’ ther’s nowt gitten byv it. Cursing and low-lived talk there is never no need for; there is nothing can cover it up, and there is nothing got by it.
Him ’at diz ez he owt ti deea when young, ’ll be yabble ti deea ez he wants ti deea when his working days is owered. He who does as he ought to do when young, will be able to do as he wants to do when his working days are over, i.e. he who diligently works when young, will be enabled to take his ease when old age overtakes him.
Them ’at weds wheer they deean’t love, maistly love wheer they deean’t wed.
It’s a poor hedge ’at hezn’t a bit of shelter.
Be friendly wi’ all, bud familiar wi’ few.
It saves neea end o’ loss if ya sleck t’ fire wi’ yah bucket o’ watter. Luke t’ weeds afoor tha seed; an’ let t’ tap-reeat o’ folly gan ez deep ez it leykes. It saves no end of harm if you put out the fire with one bucket of water. Pull up the weeds before they seed; and allow the tap-root of folly to go as deep as it may. A fire cannot have done much damage if it can be quenched with one bucket of water. ‘Luke’ is ‘to pull up.’ Many methods are adopted to prevent the tap-root from growing deep into the ground; should such precautions not be taken, the root descends to where the ground is cold, and no fruit is borne. Hence the reason for desiring the ‘tap-root of folly’ to be allowed to grow deep into the ground.
Good behav’o’r nivver needs a drain-pipe; also, good behav’o’r nivver needs pruning.